PG Weekly Newsletter (2001-05-09)

by Michael Cook on May 9, 2001
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Subject: *Weekly* Project Gutenberg Newsletter
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Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 11:40:13 -0500 (CDT)


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[Last month we did 81 new Etexts]

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Sep 2002 The Gadfly, by E. L. Voynich                      [gdflyxxx.xxx]3431
[This completes the September listings, complete list in monthly Newsletters]


Oct 2002 Ceiriog, by John Ceiriog Hughes [This is in Welsh][ceirgxxx.xxx]3500
[This is available in both plain .txt format and in ceirg10h.htm and .zip]

Oct 2002 The Metal Monster, by A. Merritt   [A. Merritt #2][memonxxx.xxx]3479
Oct 2002 Legends of Vancouver by E. Pauline Johnson        [legvaxxx.xxx]3478
Oct 2002 The Verse-Book Of A Homely Woman, by Fay Inchfawn [vbohwxxx.xxx]3477
[Pseudonym of Elizabeth Rebecca Ward]
Oct 2002 Henry VIII And His Court, by Louise Muhlbach[LM#5][h8ahcxxx.xxx]3476
[Variant spellings: Louise Muhlbach, Luise Muhlbach and Luise von Muhlbach]
Oct 2002 The Efficiency Expert, by Edgar Rice Burroughs    [effncxxx.xxx]3475
Oct 2002 Jeremy, by Hugh Walpole          [Hugh Walpole #2][jremyxxx.xxx]3474
Oct 2002 Merton of the Movies, by Harry Leon Wilson        [mrtnmxxx.xxx]3472
Oct 2002 Widger's Quotations of Charles D. Warner    [DW#3][dwqcwxxx.xxx]3471
Oct 2002 Such is Life, by Tom Collins   [aka Joseph Furphy][slifexxx.xxx]3470
Oct 2002 The Hand of Ethelberta, by Thomas Hardy[Hardy #23][ethbrxxx.xxx]3469
Oct 2002 Poems by the Way, by William Morris[Wm Morris #11][pmbwyxxx.xxx]3468

Dec 2002 Complete Memoirs of Napoleon, by Bourrienne[NB#17][nb17vxxx.xxx]3567
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V16, by Bourrienne    [NB#16][nb16vxxx.xxx]3566
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V15, by Bourrienne    [NB#15][nb15vxxx.xxx]3565
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V14, by Bourrienne    [NB#14][nb14vxxx.xxx]3564
Dec 2002 Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, by Bourrienne    [NB#13][nb13vxxx.xxx]3563


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COPYRIGHT BATTLE ERUPTS OVER E-BOOKS
Bertelsmann's Random House and startup Rosetta Books will square off this
week in a court battle that could have as much influence on the future of
publishing as Napster had on the music industry. Random House is pursuing
its claim that authors who sign over the rights to publish their works in
"book form" before the existence of the Internet also granted the rights
for e-publications. Rosetta Books had contracted directly with a group of
authors, including William Styron and Kurt Vonnegut, for the electronic
publishing rights to some of their Random House titles, which it says are
not included in the print contracts. E-books are poised to become the third
branch of online copyright disputes, which are already causing upheaval in
the music and film industries. The music industry has pressured Napster to
add filters to its popular file-sharing service, and the film industry last
week announced plans to go after Gnutella users who traffic in pirated
movies. (CNet News.com 6 May 2001)
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5826755.html?tag=lh




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