Question about Copyright - Chapter Breaks?

[davejonescue]

Hello all. I am in the process of editing "Instructions about Heart Work" by Richard Alleine. EEBO-TCP/Project Puritas Text has made it very easy to work with. But, it is one of those books with no chapters, just a long running 300 page work. I came across SDG's version of it on Archive, in the borrow section, and am thinking about using the break pattern under "fair use" since I am not copying the work; which is plainly obvious from the text; but the SDG version does follow a logical pattern. I also am not copying the chapter names, just putting a CHAP.I, CHAP.II, etc.

My question is what are yalls opinion if its under fair use, or copyright? I looked up if chapter titles or book titles could be copyrighted; and it seems the consensus is no; but since I am not using the chapter titles, but will be using the same book title (since the work and title itself is in the public domain) I am not sure if using the same chapter breaks is pushing it? Any help would be appreciated. Also this work will not be sold, but is meant for no-cost public distribution if that makes any difference?

 

[Logan]

I don't think using logical breaks that someone else has also done would be any issue at all. I'm very confident that that cannot be copyrighted.

By the way, I might as well mention that I finally registered a domain name for Project Puritas (http://projectpuritas.com/) that will redirect to my Google Site.

 

[davejonescue]

I don't think using logical breaks that someone else has also done would be any issue at all. I'm very confident that that cannot be copyrighted.

By the way, I might as well mention that I finally registered a domain name for Project Puritas (http://projectpuritas.com/) that will redirect to my Google Site.

Awesome. I will update it on the Puritan Search site as well. I constantly pray and hope people will see the opportunity that lies on that site; the chance to get so many of these works back in circulation. It may just be one of those things that takes time. I know I have benefited from it greatly, and so have the folks at Monergism. I was thinking just last night how awesome it is to see a Puritan work, and to check the list and 9 times out of 10 it will be there 90% done and almost ready to go. We have been truly blessed. My thinking is, that since EEBO-TCP didnt finish their efforts until 2020; and we didnt do our thing until 2023, that many people are simply unawares. But I hope one day it catches like a fire, as I presume it will; because obviously the whole thing is a providential work. When I think about it, its just like it went too smoothly, the right dots connecting, the actual outcome; not to be from God. And if it is from God, then it must have a purpose.

The only downside to the whole thing is there are so many that can be easily done; but I can only do one at a time.