Project Gutenberg Responds To Infringement Claims

Project Gutenberg has responded to claims from science fiction author Greg Bear and his wife Astrid Anderson Bear (daughter of sci-fi author Poul Anderson) that the public domain site may have infringed the rights of some authors and improperly put their work into the public domain.

In a letter addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Bear, Dr. Gregory B. Newby, chief executive and director of the Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation explains in detail how works are selected for publication in the public domain and acknowledges that an error was made in regards to a story that was part of a series.

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