Talk:History of United States Naval Operations in World War II

Copyright status?

What is the copyright status of the series? If Morison held the copyright, it won't expire until 2026. If the book is considered a work by a U.S. government employee, then it's always been in the public domain. Anyone know off-hand which is the case? 128.165.87.144 21:24, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

Volume 5 is Copyright 1949 by Samuel Eliot Morison; I believe this is the case for the other volumes as well. MarkBernstein (talk) 16:02, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Yes, that's correct. The excellent Hyperwar website states that 'the work is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced here' at [1] Nick-D (talk) 22:33, 17 January 2009 (UTC)