I recently came accross a beautiful typography book from the 1920’s at an auction. It was suggested that I scan all the pages in and make them available on my website for download. I thought it was a great idea and thought about making either an ebook available for download for a few bucks or making money off of ads on the pages (both to recoup the massive amount of bandwith that would be used.)
What are the lagalities when dealing with this sort of matter? When does a book actually go out of copywrite and when it becomes public domain, in what ways are you able to duplicate it and make money?

The issue is an eminent domain problem we are going through in a small city, Moorpark. This city is located in California. Both the City and the redevelopment agency are not informing the public about their desire to reinstate and then redevelop 40% of the town. While the City Council meetings can all be viewed on TV live these redevelopment meetings are NEVER announced nor are they televised or reported on. This is not fair. I would like to be able to make this whole thing fair by allowing the public to at the very least be properly informed!

Many older families are at a REAL risk of losing their homes!
Also there are numerous established small businesses that are also out risk.

I have emailed both abc channel 7 and cbs channel 2 news and I have not received a response! Do news channels only like to report car chases and other easy to report news? Are there any news networks that actually truly help out the community by reporting serious issues?