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Originally Posted by tompe
Yes, but distributing it an misleading people about what the text contains seems to fall under other laws.
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They may be legally required to say "Edited by...." or "Edited Edition," I don't know. I expect that's all it would take to avoid any claims of "misleading" anyone.
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Originally Posted by tompe
Also isn't the non-commercial copyright in effect event of a work is in the public domain?
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Nope.
There is absolutely no question that anyone can commercialize or sell a copy of a public domain work, for any price, for any reason. That's how PD works. It's only with digital distribution that anyone can afford to give away digital copies at no cost.
Similarly, anyone can create a derivative work of a public domain book for commercial purposes -- e.g.
Wicked was derived from
The Wizard of Oz, which is in the public domain.