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Originally Posted by mdmorrissey
Actually all dictionaries, most anyway, should be public domain since the actual information in them hardly varies.
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Do you mean "should" as in "it would be beneficial if they were" or "they are likely to be"? Because compiling dictionaries is a lot of work, and most contemporary dictionaries are certainly not in the public domain.
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Furthermore, as in most other areas these days, there is so much freely available info on the internet
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Yes, yes there is. But then again, this is something where I'd be glad to pay a little penny for some quality material. YMMV.
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that trying to copyright basic knowledge such as definitions, etymologies and translations of individual words seems not only antiquated but even immoral.
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Immoral? You don't say.