It's The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli. It's free. Is it legal to download. It implies that it is in the following statement.
Not copyrighted in the United States. If you live elsewhere check the laws of your country before downloading this ebook.
2007-03-01 14:07:35 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hehe. Oops. I thought it took HTML.
2007-03-01 14:08:03 · update #1
Yes I'm the US.
2007-03-01 14:12:50 · update #2
Hahaha, that book is how old? *checks wikipedia* It's from 1532, so, granted that no one renewed the copyright, it's been in public domain (IE, free to quote/copy/read online) for about 400 years. I think 400 years is quite safely out of the timeframe for copyright protection in most (if not ALL) countries.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prince
Here's some information on copyrights, and what http://www.gutenberg.org (where all free books come from or go to, it seems) uses to determine whether a book is in the public domain or not: http://promo.net/pg/vol/pd.html
2007-03-01 20:10:48 · answer #1 · answered by Multi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it would be legal to download it for your own personal use. What you can't do is pass it off as your own creation, which would be plagiarism; you can't make a profit from it by selling it to someone; and even though it is not copyrighted in the United States, it does have a copyright elsewhere, so it can't be used for any other purpose except for your own enjoyment.
2007-03-01 14:23:33 · answer #2 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It sounds legal.
2007-03-01 14:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by Curious 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you most definitely need to give more info.
where are you downloading it from?
are you in the US?
2007-03-01 14:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chances are I wouldn't worry about it.
2007-03-01 14:17:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋