Ode to Michael Hart, Project Gutenberg, and Open Formats
Channel: Public Knowledge
Date: 2011-09-14

Because Project Gutenberg ebooks are available in open formats like ePub and plain text, it's easy to use them in a lot of ways, on different devices and with different software.  Because they're in the public domain, you don't have to worry about copyright or license violations.  In this video, PK Senior Staff Attorney John Bergmayer demonstrates some of the different ways you can enjoy a Project Gutenberg ebook, using gizmos that were lying around the office.