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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by dessimus on Tuesday April 21, 2026 @05:32PM (#47854783)
It's been on Project Gutenburg for over 20 years: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13600

They only release books that are in the public domain.

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by bentley on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @06:45AM (#47861644)
> They only release books that are in the public domain.

Not necessarily. Project Gutenberg does provide some works still under US copyright, such as F. P. Walter’s 1999 translation of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas: https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/2488

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Re:Britannica11.org – a structured edition of the 1911 Encyc... by gnerd00 on Wednesday April 22, 2026 @04:14PM (#47868700)
better link here https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/search/?query=Encyclopaedia...
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