Digg: Read Orwell's 1984 for Free online! Please pass on to all you know.

[libertythor]

http://digg.com/arts_culture/Read_George_Orwell_s_1984_for_Free_Online

http://tinyurl.com/2pgqo2

Digg, comment, and SHARE please.

 

[libertythor]

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[libertythor]

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[adara7537]

Bump

 

[libertythor]

Bump

Thanks. These are important educational Digg submissions that can easily make the front page.

 

[yongrel]

The copyright ran out? What's the timeframe for text becoming public domain?

 

[libertythor]

The copyright ran out? What's the timeframe for text becoming public domain?

Usually its after 100 years, but apparently george-orwell.org has a copyright for the online text.

 

[libertythor]

Actually it looks like it was released into public domain.

"All of the works and pictures on george-orwell.org are considered to be in the public domain (copyright protection has expired) and, as such, you may freely use the text of the works in any way you see fit. Any original content/images on george-orwell.org are Copyright © 2005 george-orwell.org and may not be reproduced without written permission. "


http://www.george-orwell.org/l_disclaimer.html

 

[Joseph Hart]

The copyright ran out? What's the timeframe for text becoming public domain?

Good catch. I call for immediate break of link or possible removal of link due to possible legality.

 

[libertythor]

Good catch. I call for immediate break of link or possible removal of link due to possible legality.

It was released into the public domain. Check the link above your post.

 

[Conza88]

Check sig.
Listed in their for awhile.
Will add the free online version if its not already there.
Thank you.

 

[libertythor]

The site is legal. There are no problems with promoting this. Lets get this to the front page of digg!

 

[notcarljung]

bump. everyone else was doing it. i just wanted to be cool.....

 

[libertythor]

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[libertythor]

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[acptulsa]

Have it on my bookshelf. I like reading it that way.

 

[amy31416]

Have it on my bookshelf. I like reading it that way.

I'm with you on that, can't bring myself to read an actual book online. Tough to curl up with a laptop (though I'm sure some have )

 

[Kade]

I'm surprised anyone on this board would dare utter the name Orwell.

I am very sympathetic to his views, but I've seen VERY little here that would garner any noticeable respect from him in this regard. Orwell was influenced heavily by Trotsky anarchism and was strongly for Democratic Socialism. In my mind, his view of the political system was thorough and worth review. His

By today's standard, Orwell is a "liberal". Even more modern a liberal than myself.

He was against the Israeli state, and was strongly opposed to corporatism. The form of government that gets much testicle messaging here.

By all standards of the definition intended, the cry "socialist" should be applied to Orwell, but it is seemingly harder since his literature was so obviously contrary to totalitarian statehoods. Ironically, this applies so much more today with our growing fascist and theocratic government. Orwell was a liberal.

But you won't call him a "socialist", will you? The whole lot of you are hypocrites.

 

[acptulsa]

I'm surprised anyone on this board would dare utter the name Orwell.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Socialist, yes, but also anti-totalitarian. Accuse us of cherry picking. Guilty.

A good argument for your cause is a good argument for your cause. Look in the Oklahoma thread and you'll see that I'm regularly quoting a Democrat. You'll also get a chuckle out of it. Consider it "big tent" stuff. Loosen up.

 

[Kade]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Socialist, yes, but also anti-totalitarian. Accuse us of cherry picking. Guilty.

A good argument for your cause is a good argument for your cause. Look in the Oklahoma thread and you'll see that I'm regularly quoting a Democrat. You'll also get a chuckle out of it. Consider it "big tent" stuff. Loosen up.

Yea, sorry. Your tone is soothing. I'm just getting rather ticked at the people who are so quick to label the liberals as socialist here... knowing and associating socialism with totalitarianism and communism.

Call it my preemptive strike against some of the more raving far right conservatives here.