Hi, In the United States, that book is in the public domain. It's not because of where it was published, but when and how it was published. First of all, it was published in the 19th century. Everything published in the 19th century has entered the public domain. Second, with no copyright notice, it didn't satisfy the old United States requirements for notice. Therefore, it would be considered to be in the public domain on that as well. Works published in other countries are generally given the same copyright protection as works published in the United States provided that they are signatories of the various international copyright treaties. Likewise, works published here are supposed to be protected under the copyright laws of foreign countries. Mike Check out my new genealogy resources at http://www.cswnet.com/~sbooks/genealogy/ At 01:42 AM 4/18/00 -0700, you wrote: > Hi -- It's been really quiet on this list lately <g>. > Can someone please advise me on copyright of a book originally published >in Dublin in 1892, which was out of print and then was reprinted by >Genealogical Publishing Co., >Baltimore, Maryland, which I believe is owned by LDS. The LDS has the entire >book on microfiche, or film. Does LDS now own the copyright? The book is in >two vols., having no copyright notice in them. Thanks. Andrea > > >==== COPYRIGHT Mailing List ==== >Freepages, that is free web pages >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/press/freepages.html > >============================== >The RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Tens of millions of individuals... and counting. >http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/