Copyright filter: Do publishers of books like Richistan, Microtrends and The Ascent of Money—all of which use stories from newspapers, magazines and wire services as source material—have to pay the periodicals for the use of their material? Thanks!
posted by quidividi on Oct 12, 2009 - 2 answers

Please give me your recommendations for great in-the-public-domain reads. [more inside]
posted by peacheater on Nov 28, 2008 - 25 answers

CopyrightFilter: I was taking a photo in a bookstore and I was reprimanded by a clerk for copyright infringement. What exactly are the legalities of photographing books? [more inside]
posted by grapefruitmoon on Nov 16, 2008 - 26 answers

My grandfather wrote a successful buck in the early '40s. He passed away about ten years ago, and just recently I've gotten the urge to see if it would be possible to release the book to Project Gutenberg and also maybe do a Librivox recording. How does one go about finding out about who owns copyrights in this kind of situation?
posted by TheManChild2000 on Jul 16, 2008 - 5 answers

Yet another copyright question. Seeking advice or success stories on locating copyright owner for strange book from the 60s. [more inside]
posted by LongDrive on Jun 4, 2008 - 6 answers

Help me remember what book I read this in: In this sci-fi dystopia, you don't have to buy books or recordings. They're free for the taking. But at regular intervals, you have to report to a "copyright center" to have your brain scanned, at which point you are charged for the media you've consumed. Not reporting... [more inside]
posted by raconteur on Dec 13, 2007 - 12 answers

Do you know of any children's books that are not copyright protected? [more inside]
posted by deep_sea_diving_suit on Feb 4, 2007 - 12 answers

What's the best way to copy 5 or 10 pages from a book in a bookstore? What's the legality of it if I was "busted"?
posted by stbalbach on Jul 26, 2006 - 30 answers

Publishing Filter - what does a particular part of a book's copyright page mean? [more inside]
posted by greycap on Apr 16, 2006 - 7 answers

In regards to this sentence from a recent press release about the Google library scanning: As it does with new books already included in its search engine, Google will only allow its users to view the bibliographies or other snippets of copyrighted books scanned from the libraries. --- Question: Are bibliographies not copyrighted?
posted by stbalbach on Dec 15, 2004 - 9 answers