Thread: Rewriting books is doubleplusungood
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Old 01-05-2011, 04:40 PM   #25
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post
Like it or not, such is the power of the public domain.

Books are not merely "free of charge," they are also "free of control." You can protest textual changes until you are blue in the face, and you may even have excellent points for maintaining the integrity of the original (and should continue to express them openly). Unfortunately, if the rewriters do not accept your arguments or respond to your pressure, you can't stop them from issuing it.
Yes, but distributing it an misleading people about what the text contains seems to fall under other laws. Also isn't the non-commercial copyright in effect event of a work is in the public domain?
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