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Old 05-11-2011, 02:55 PM   #387
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Originally Posted by AnemicOak View Post
Lots of folks are reading the Garnett version which is free, it's your choice if you want to buy a version that's not free.

I don't remember any requirement that the book be free (for instance 1984 isn't free in the US it's still under copyright [$8.59 @ Amazon, $9.99 @ Sony]) just that it be in the public domain in the US or Canada.

Now if you want to argue that a translation be agreed upon ahead of time that might have some merit.
If the book is supposed to be free in the US and Canada, then how did 1984 get nominated in the first place since it clearly is not free in the USA?

As for the translation being agreed upon ahead of time, that I agree with. But in a case like this, only the freely available translations can be used as the idea was to make this month's book free.
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