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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;harley bissell, post: 4492866, member: 88212&quot;]As an author I have learned that the original copyright lasts for 28 years and can be renewed for 28 years. Most major publishers do renew. After that there are special extensions that can be taken out. The reprint public domain publishers generally will not touch anything newer than 75 years old to avoid fines and law suits. There are also international copyrights that can be obtained but private publishers of their own writings rarely do that. Copies by scan or Xerox are allowable legally for only one purpose. That being scholastic research. If you have scholastic research copies they can be quoted but not copied and definitely not reproduced and sold. Copying is getting tighter. I recently made some copies of one of my shorter works at kinko&#039;s and the store manager came running up and tried to make me stop until I showed my ID to prove that I was the author. All of my coin related work is currently out of print and I&#039;m not interested in making copies for anyone. Hope that this answers your question.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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