ttk5...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On May 9, 12:13=EF=BF=BDpm, samsloan <samhsl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Elo's book, The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present, is
> > reprinted today.
> >
> > http://www.amazon.com/dp/0923891277
> >
> > Professor Elo's book long out of print and almost impossible to obtain
> > has just been reprinted, with a foreward by Sam Sloan.
>
> Is this book already in the public domain? It first appeared in
> 1978, only 30 years ago. How long do copyrights last for such books?
If the intitial copyright date was 1978 or later, author's life plus
70 years. If it was pre-1978, 95 years after the start of copyright.
Unless the copyright holder voluntarily put it in public domain
(possible, I suppose, since I doubt Elo was in it for the money), or
Sloan obtained permission from the copyright holder, he's violating
the law. However, it would be up to whoever currently owns the
copyright to raise the matter.
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