project gutenberg has two versions of anthem available which used to be mirrored here until we received the following e-mail.
From jenniffer@peikoff.com Wed Sep 5 00:17:48 2001 Received: from mailbox3.ucsd.edu (mailbox3.ucsd.edu [132.239.1.55]) by malkavian.org (8.11.4/8.11.1) with ESMTP id f854HlP37080 for; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 00:17:47 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jenniffer@peikoff.com) Received: from smtp.ucsd.edu (smtp.ucsd.edu [132.239.1.49]) by mailbox3.ucsd.edu (8.11.5/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f854Hk126787 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: from soepc68.peikoff.com (soepc68.ucsd.edu [132.239.18.235]) by smtp.ucsd.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA27386 for ; Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:17:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20010904211549.00afb9e0@mail.peikoff.com> X-Sender: jenniffer@mail.peikoff.com (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 21:17:44 -0700 To: webmaster@malkavian.org From: Jenniffer Woodson Subject: _Anthem_ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Status: RO Content-Length: 699 Lines: 18 To Whom it May Concern: The copyright on _Anthem_, by Ayn Rand, was inadvertently not renewed in the United States during her lifetime. However, _Anthem_ is still protected by the Berne Convention, which protects the work for the life of the author plus seventy-five years internationally. By its nature the internet is an international medium. The posting of _Anthem_ on the internet is therefore a violation of copyright, if done without the permission of the Estate. In accordance with Ayn Rand's express wishes before her death, we cannot grant any such permission. We would like you to remove this work from your site immediately. Sincerely, Jenniffer Woodson Estate of Ayn Rand
in regards to ms. rand's "express wishes", here is a direct quote from leonard peikoff (http://www.peikoff.com/essays/library.htm):
When she died in 1982, she willed all of her papers to me, having told me to "do with them whatever you want."
here are some more internet links for your perusal.