FYI - 26303 is a Librivox audio book (it's also in Internet Archive); 10554 is text+HTML.
If both are removed, I can re-use whichever number Joe doesn't (unless he wants to use both). Al > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph > E. Loewenstein, M.D. > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:59 AM > To: [email protected]; Project Gutenberg Postings Announcements > Subject: Re: [posted] !!COPYRIGHT PROBLEM Re: Posted (#26303, > Wodehouse) ! > > > Greg: > > I posted this file in 2004. Please let me know what you > decide. If you > decide to remove it, I'll take care of it and recycle the number. > > Joe > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Newby" <[email protected]> > To: "Project Gutenberg Postings Announcements" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [posted] !!COPYRIGHT PROBLEM Re: Posted (#26303, > Wodehouse) ! > > > > Thanks for this, John. I'm attaching the scans of the > > title page & verso for this item, which was cleared in 2003. > > > > Am I correct in thinking that your research indicates the > 1922 date in > > the publication is incorrect, and that it was actually from 1934? > > > > Thanks for your research into this. I believe you are correct that > > the majority of resources point to a later publication date. > > > > Pending your response, I agree it might be necessary to remove this > > from the collection. > > -- Greg > > > > On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 11:24:12AM -0500, John Mark > Ockerbloom wrote: > >> As far as I've been able to determine, _Right Ho, Jeeves_ > >> is *not* in the public domain, and this etext and #10554 > (the plain > >> text version of this book) should be withdrawn (unless > Gutenberg has > >> permission from Wodehouse's estate). > >> > >> The problem seems to stem from some recent reprints (such > >> as from Hutchinson) that state that the story was first > published in > >> Great Britain by Herbert Jenkins Ltd in 1922, and give a copyright > >> date of 1922. I'm guessing this was the information > Gutenberg used > >> to clear this book, since 1922 copyrights have expired in the US. > >> > >> However, the statements in the reprints are inaccurate. > According to > >> McIlvaine et al's _P. G. Wodehouse: A Comprehensive > Bibliography and > >> Checklist_, Herbert Jenkins was indeed the first publisher of the > >> story in book form, but it was not published until 1934. > Moreover, > >> the story's first publication was actually as a magazine serial, > >> running in the Saturday Evening Post from Dec. 23, 1933 to > Jan. 27, > >> 1934. > >> > >> (I've also found no edition predating 1933 either in > WorldCat, OCLC's > >> union catalog of libraries in North America and elsewhere, or in > >> COPAC, the British union catalog. There are a few > editions marked > >> "1922" in WorldCat, but on closer inspection they all turn > out to be > >> recent reprints.) > >> > >> Copyrights to the Saturday Evening Post were routinely > renewed. The > >> renewals for the issues in which the installments of "Right-Ho > >> Jeeves" first appeared can be found on these scanned Catalog of > >> Copyright Entries pages: > >> > >> > >> > http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?> id=mdp.39015085477332;view=1up;seq > >> =183 > >> > >> and > >> > >> > >> > http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?> id=mdp.39015085477332;view=1up;seq > >> =414 > >> > >> (I am not a lawyer, but I've been assuming, and I think Project > >> Gutenberg assumes as well, that renewal of a periodical issue's > >> copyright also renews the copyright of content that first appears > >> there.) > >> > >> Wikisource has recently withdrawn its copy of _Right-Ho, > Jeeves_ due > >> to copyright concerns, which is what tipped me off to the > potential > >> problem. I recommend that Project Gutenberg review the > status of this > >> work as well. > >> > >> John Mark Ockerbloom > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On 08/13/2008 04:38 PM, Joshua Hutchinson wrote: > >> >Audio: Right Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse > >> >26303 > >> > [Audio reading by Mark Nelson ] > >> > [Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/2/6/3/0/26303 ] > >> > [Files: 26303.txt; 26303-mp3.mp3; 26303-ogg.ogg; > 26303-m4b.m4b; > >> >26303-spx.spx ] > >> > > >> > > >> >Thanks to Mark Nelson > >> > and Librivox (www.librivox.org) > >> > > >> >Josh > >> > > > >
