>I submit to you, however, that by action or consent, the publishers did in fact allow or place this text in the public domain or for public use. I also believe that if this text were not allowed to be in the public domain, the whole community would've heard of it by now.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple. For example, I'm aware of a website that has several of the Hentzenwerke e-books available for download. They do not have permission and are not paying anything. However, they're located in a country where there's not much Whil can do about it.

I've been suspicious of the site we're discussing for some time, but I have to confess that's only because it's ".ru," which I think is Russia. I strongly suspect that it's a pirated copy of the book, which I think is available elsewhere online legally.

Tamar