Publisher loves rare books, but not enough to go to jail..
Published:
14 January 1999 y., Thursday
E.Eldred founded Eldritch Press in 1995, hoping he could share rare and out-of-print books with a Web audience that otherwise might not be able to see such lost works. But thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, signed into law 27 October, Eldred_s hobby -- publishing rare
books online -- could result in a jail sentence of up to six years. On Tuesday, Eldred filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to overturn the extension, which extends copyright protection for most works to 95 years from 75 years after the author_s death. "This is not an instance of wanting to take money out of authors_ pockets," Eldred said. "The only people who will benefit from this act are distant heirs of
the author and publishing companies…"
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