takcm

Help!

Does anybody know where I can get a copy (preferably in .lit) free or commercial? I've tried the more popular sites (Ebooks.com and amazon and something else, plus numerous searches) and all I get are Cliff notes,Sparksnotes etc. I'm not writing a paper, I want to read the book again.

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nnatomas

Have you tried this portal?

http://www.e-book.com.au/freebooks.htm

takcm

Thanks for the link, but it doesn't have the book at all :(

I know its original print date was fairly old so I thought it might be copyright exempt (i.e. project gutenberg) , but I would be willing to buy it too, if I could just find the thing!

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nnatomas

Not surprising. Contrary to my misguided belief, copyrights on published works expire after 95 years. The book was first published in 1929, so it's going to be about 20 years before it enters public domain. BTW, all books published prior to 1/1/1923 are in the public domain. Here's contact information for the Remarque Peace Center.

Erich Maria Remarque-Peace Center
Markt 6
p.o. 44 69
D-49069 Osnabrück
Germany
Erich Maria Remarque-Archive
phone: Germany-541-969-2430

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Originally Posted by nnatomas

Not surprising. Contrary to my misguided belief, copyrights on published works expire after 95 years. The book was first published in 1929, so it's going to be about 20 years before it enters public domain. BTW, all books published prior to 1/1/1923 are in the public domain.

Actually, copyrights are good for 28 years, and can be renewed for an additional 28 years by the author or his/her heirs. That was modifed somewhat by the Millenium Digital Copyright Act in 1998. That extends the length of copyrights held by corporations to 95 years, and for individuals, 70 years after the author's death. There are also other work arounds to extend copyrights on works. Take for example the Frank Capra film "It's a Wonderful Life". A few years ago, it was on television all the time between Thanksgiving and New Years, on just about every channel. Now you only see it once or twice on network television. That is because Repulic Pictures, who owned the rights to the short story it was based on, and the soundtrack, could demand control over the product. This is based on a Supreme Court case Stewart vs. Abend (involving the film "Rear Window"). Do a google search on it, it is interesting reading (and the Stewart is Jimmy Stewart). Could it be challenged in court? Yes. Has it been challenged? No. Why hasn't it been challenged? Who has the money to take Republic to court?

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