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What decides whether a book can be adapted

Reference desk · 6 jurisdictions · 3 libraries · 24 tools

Can this book be adapted with AI?

Three things decide it: whether the book is still in copyright where the film will be shown, the terms of the edition the text comes from, and what the AI tool asks you to promise when you upload it. This site files all three from official and first-party pages. It is not legal advice. As of 2026-09-25.

  1. 1Is the book still in copyright?Six jurisdictions, each government's own page on how long a book stays protected.Copyright terms
  2. 2Where does the text come from?Three public-domain libraries and the terms their editions carry.Text libraries
  3. 3What does the AI tool ask of you?24 tools' terms read for six clauses about the text you upload.AI tool terms

1On the shelf

Six governments' copyright terms and three libraries' reasons for calling a text free, one spine each.

2The catalogue of AI tools

Each card names the clauses a tool's terms state about uploaded text. Open one for the wording, quoted and dated.

3How often each clause appears

Upload clauses stated by the most toolsCounted from the register. Infringement rules and licences lead; visibility trails.Upload clauses stated by the most toolsRights you promise to hold1717Licence you grant the tool2020Uploads used for training1313Handling of infringement2121Whether uploads go public66What deletion does1111
Fig. 1 Counted from the register. Infringement rules and licences lead; visibility trails.
AI tools whose terms state each upload clause, out of 24, read 2026-09-25.
ClauseStatedNot stated
Rights you promise to hold177
Licence you grant the tool204
Uploads used for training1311
Handling of infringement213
Whether uploads go public618
What deletion does1113

Inclusion rule. The 24 AI tools on the register; a clause counts when the tool's terms state it. Order. The order clauses take on every tool page.

4Step one: is the book still in copyright?

In all six jurisdictions read, an ordinary book stays protected for 70 years after its author's death. The United States adds a rule for older works: everything published there before January 1, 1931 is in the public domain. The copyright terms register quotes each government.

5Step two: where does the text come from?

Public-domain libraries mostly rest on U.S. law. Project Gutenberg tells readers outside the United States to check their own laws. The text libraries register quotes each library's terms.

6Step three: what does the AI tool ask of you?

Uploading the text means promising you may use it, and granting the tool some licence over it. invideo, SceneMixer and Vyond state that uploads are kept out of training; others use them by default or reserve the right.

7Registers