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Old 12-07-2010, 03:09 PM   #159
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
So you think that nobody should be permitted to publish authors like, say, Dickens or Shakespeare simply because they are in the public domain?
If they are not adding any value to the public domain text, then yes. E-books have brought about a fundamental change in the availability of books. If a public domain work exists as an e-book then it is universally available for practically zero cost.

Selling an unchanged e-text is like bottling up the atmosphere and selling it. Fraud, plain and simple.
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