NOTICE: As of October 1st, 2009, this service has ceased operations and will not process new reprints. You can submit reprint requests which we will keep on file in case we re-open. Orders for existing titles are still being processed and the search engine will remain available. Thank you for your support.

Public Domain Archive and Reprints Service - PublicDomainReprints.org
An experimental project to archive and re-publish public domain works
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COPYRIGHTS OF DIGITAL SCANS OF PUBLIC DOMAIN WORKS

As per Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp. (36 F. Supp. 2d 191 - SDNY 1999), exact photographic reproductions of public domain works cannot be protected by any sort of copyright under United States law because they are not considered "original works". Therefore, we treat as public domain any scan we obtain where the underlying work is in public domain.

COPYRIGHT POLICY FOR THE PUBLIC DOMAIN ARCHIVE AND REPRINTS SERVICE

We are based in the United States and follow United States copyright laws as follows:
1. Books published before 1923 are considered in public domain.
2. Books published by the US government are considered public domain.
3. Books after 1923 are only printed if they are marked of as being out of copyright by the original archive.

We do not have control over where are printed books being shipped to since they are printed and ordered by a third party. It is up to the individual purchaser to make sure that the book they are ordering can be legally imported into their country where copyright laws may vary from the US laws.

Since our system is automated it relies on the metadata provided by each of the original archives we support. Occasionally, this data may be inaccurate or wrong, leading to a book being printed through our service. If you are an author, publisher or other copyright holder of a book that has been printed through our service and have proof that the book is in copyright, please contact us promptly.


Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Procedures

To file a DMCA notice with our service, please send the notice via mail or fax. Notices via email will not be accepted. Be aware that filing a false or incorrect DMCA notice may make you liable under law (see this example of such case). Please include the following information:

1. The copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL.
2. The content and location of the content that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, including links.
3. Sufficient contact information for you, preferably with postal mail address, fax number and email address.
4. A statement by the owner that it has a good faith belief that there is no legal basis for the use of the materials complained of.
5. A statement of the accuracy of the notice and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on the behalf of the owner.
6. A physical signature.

NOTE: We may make copies of DMCA notifications available to ChillingEffects.org with personally identifiable information removed.

DMCA notices should be sent to the following Designated Agent:

Yakov Shafranovich, DMCA Agent
Shaftek Enterprises, LLC.
4014 Labyrinth Rd
Baltimore, MD 21215
Email: dmca (at) shaftek (dot) biz

You can also fax notices to: +1 (443) 703-2355, ATTN: Yakov Shafranovich.

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