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Originally Posted by HarryT
To the best of my knowledge, ANY commercially-published classic, even when derived from a public domain source, is a copyrighted work, regardless of whether the publisher has added anything to it (as you say, they generally do add introductions and things like that). I could claim a copyright on the Dickens books I've posted here if I wanted to (which I don't).
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I believe what you refer to is a "compilation copyright". The underlying text may be in the public domain, but the particular volume issued by that publisher is not.
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Dennis