User talk:Robert.Allen

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Yann (talk) 23:55, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

Can I upload a scan of a PD(?) book and how?
The following text was copied from Central Discussion (--Robert.Allen (talk) 02:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)):

These may be obvious questions, but, as a rather new user to this site, even after much searching, I still do not know the answers:

I am considering whether to scan a 2005 book which is a facsimile reproduction of an older book, which would seems to me to be PD at least in the United States. The original book was published in Trieste in 1907, and the author died in 1924. There is no editing or added material in the facsimile edition, and even the page numbers are reproduced from the original. (The original book does not seem to be available at Google Books, and the facsimile edition is available only in limited preview.)

I would like to scan the book into a multipage file (I know how to do this for PDF format) and would like to upload the file to some place, where it would be available to anyone for download and reading.


 * Best way to have files is as a DjVu file and there is info at that page about how to prepare. We can offer further advice, so rather than tell you about sucking eggs, read first, and we can progress. Want it to have been OCR'd before it gets converted. Further answers below. -- billinghurst (talk) 07:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

My questions are:
 * 1) Would scanning such a book and uploading it violate any copyrights?
 * If it is an exact facsimile, I don't believe that the newer copy could be copyrighted. There is no violation of the original copyright.
 * 2) Is Wikisource the right place to upload the file?
 * The preference is that files are uploaded to Commons, if they meet the copyright criteria. They can be directly linked to from Commons to WS. Information at Side by side proofreading.
 * 3) If so, how do I upload the file?
 * Commons:Special:Upload

Thanks for help! --Robert.Allen (talk) 06:52, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
 * The preceding text was copied from Central Discussion (--Robert.Allen (talk) 02:28, 13 September 2009 (UTC)):