You are right, the copyright on that book is 1978, not 1961. I don't know what the 1961 date was about.
And, that said, you might also be interested in https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882 Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 9:27 PM G L <[email protected]> wrote: > > itcswAPL was published c. 43 years ago, 1978 > > APL: KEI published A Programming Language in 1962 c. 59 years ago. > > Springer has claimed copyright in 1978 for itcswAPL and likely has not > relinquished it. > > From: Raul Miller<mailto:[email protected]> > Sent: May 1, 2021 15:17 > To: Chat forum<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Jchat] Skip: E. J. LeCuyer and copyright > > Publishing is not automatically a copyright violation. (And, web > availability is a form of publishing.) > > Meanwhile, if a work is useful and not generating sales, it can be > entirely reasonable to make it available for free download. In this > case, given that the thing was first published 60 years ago, it has > probably long since generated as much revenue as is reasonably likely. > And, if it becomes popular, that would be a marketing signal... > > Consider, also, that modern machines are often deducted for tax > purposes for about five years. This strongly suggests that most > downloaded copies of this book probably would only live for a few > years. > > Take care, > > -- > Raul > > On Sat, May 1, 2021 at 1:52 PM G L <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Skip shared: Mon., Feb. 8, 2021 > > > > Searching the web for books referencing "Howard Peelie" I found this book: > > Introduction to College Mathematics with A Programming Language > > <http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/apl/Books/CollegeMathematicswithAPL> > > > > The author is E. J. LeCuyer. but he lists the following credit in the > > forward: > > "To Howard PeelIe for all of his help" > > > > THE LINK gets a .pdf > > > > is that not a copyright violation? > > > > on downloading and virus scanning, it’s REAL and safe. > > > > How is this legally possible? > > > > The © notice in my printed hard cover copy is 1978 ... depending on > > country, copyright notice tends to be more than 41 years. > > > > When itcmwAPL was printed in the last century we did not have e-books > > widely available before Project Gutenberg in 1971. > > > > Just wondering ... glad it’s available .. my hard copy was CDN$17.80 in > > 1978 ... the paperback on Amazon is today US$85 ... hardcover on Amazon is > > cheaper (perhaps used) ... it does not seem to be available as an e-book > > from Amazon. > > > > ??? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
