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Can I get sued for downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg and selling them on my own website?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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Fan-out diagram

The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can I get sued for downloading public domain books from Project Gutenberg and selling them on my own website?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Project Gutenberg terms of use commercial redistribution trademark license public domain books officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
United States Copyright Office public domain works copyright term public domain officialGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDDefinition

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinition50%InstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Project Gutenberg terms of use commercial redistribution trademark license public domain books official Google ↗
United States Copyright Office public domain works copyright term public domain official Google ↗
  1. Permission How-to · gutenberg.org
  2. License · gutenberg.org
  3. License · gutenberg.org
  4. Terms of Use · gutenberg.org

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Project Gutenberg terms of use commercial redistribution trademark license public domain books official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
United States Copyright Office public domain works copyright term public domain official
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Definition——1x
of 1