Wed, 16 Apr 2003 18:10:44 GMT

The Cornell University Library has scanned 441 his …. The Cornell University Library has scanned 441 historical monographs (about 160,000 pages) and put them online free of charge. While all the monographs are in the public domain, Cornell claims a copyright “in the images, underlying encoded text, selection, indexing, and display of materials” and authorizes personal and research use only. Commercial use and reproduction require permission. The scanned text images are not searchable, but are presented in a very readable high resolution. See for example page 1, volume 1, of Harriet Martineau's translation of The Philosophy of Auguste Comte, London, 1896. (Thanks to the Scout Report.) [FOS News]

umm, no, they should not claim this copyright….