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Australian libraries are allowed to provide clients with copies of materials when the materials in question are in the public domain. Back To Methuselah by George Bernard Shawis public domain material under Australian rules and also in some other countries that do not allow copyright protection to persist for longer than 50 years after the author's death. You may be able to obtain a copy of Back To Methuselah, by honestly filling out the following mandatory information form and then clicking 'Request Copy'.
ONLY DO SO IF YOU ARE LOCATED IN AUSTRALIA OR IN ANOTHER COUNTRY WHERE YOU ARE CERTAIN SUCH A REQUEST IS LEGAL. In the case of Back To Methuselah by George Bernard Shawsuch a request would not be legal in the United States or in any country that is a member of the European Union.
The form will instantly be sent to the officer in charge of the Soil And Health Library (who is Steve Solomon).
Within a few moments of clicking 'Request Copy' below you will receive an email containing your authorization and the URL where this book is located online, allowing you proceed. Please bookmark this URL so as to not burden our records-keeping with your repeated requests.
This procedure insures that the Soil And Health Library operates in compliance with Australian copyright rules. You may be absolutely assured that your name and email address will not be shared with anyone for any purpose whatsoever, unless, according to Australian copyright rules, an official of the Australian government wishes to inspect these requests. Orderly record of them must be retained for four years.
Declaration by library client and authorized officer of the library
Date: Thursday, 9 September 2010
To the officer in charge of the Soil And Health Library:
I request a reproduction of the book Back To Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw
I declare that I am located in Australia or in another country where such a request would be legal and not in violation of copyright rules. I further declare that I am not located in the United States or the European Union.
Signed: (Your legal name).
Email Address:
Note: In order to comply with legal obligations, we must prepare for you an individual reproduction of this document. This may take some time (30 - 60 seconds). Please press the following button once only.
The most recent list we received indicated these were all "life +50" countries for copyright expiration:
Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Canada, Chile, China, the Czech Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Fiji, Ghana, Iceland, Indonesia, Japan, (South) Korea, Latvia, Lebanon, Malawi, Morocco, Nepal, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, and Ukraine.
Works which are in the public domain in Australia and other "Life +50" countries may remain copyrighted in other countries. People may not download, or read online, such books if they are in a country where copyright protections extend more than 50 years past an author's death. The author's estate and publishers still retain their legal and moral rights to oversee the work in those countries.
For more information about these rules, visit http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/okbooks.html