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Originally Posted by HarryT
I'm afraid that I can't agree that this is wrong, Kovid. Imposing restrictions - any restrictions at all - on what can be done with material that's in the public domain is a perversion of the very idea of the public domain.
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So the notion of public domain is a sacred cow that cannot ever be modified in any way? I'm afraid I don't buy that.
For example, a park is a public space (in the public domain, so to speak) that does not mean vendors are allowed to sell drugs in a park
And more specifically, would you be willing to countenance a scenario where someone changes the text of a public domain work and then sells it as the original work. Just because a work is in the public domain, that most definitely should not mean there should be absolutely no restrictions on what can be done with it.