POST: Libraries and Archivists Are Scanning and Uploading Books That Are Secretly in the Public Domain
dh+lib 2019-09-12
Summary:
This Motherboard post by Karl Bode details efforts of archivists, activists, and libraries to vastly expand the number public domain books that are being digitized, with particular emphasis on books published between 1923 and 1964. “As it currently stands, all books published in the U.S. before 1924 are in the public domain, meaning they’re publicly ...read more