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Old 06-06-2009, 03:32 AM   #6
pdurrant
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I wonder what would happen if/when the company that holds the right to them went bust? Would they then become public domain?
The copyright would be come part of the assets of the failed LLP that the official receiver would sell off to try to raise money for the creditors.

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Maybe they could avoid such a catastrophe by scanning the books themselves and releasing them as ebooks?
I know I'd buy a set in a heartbeat, and I bet I'm not the only person that grew up on them and would love to see them released in electronic form.
You could try contacting them and asking. You never know....
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