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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
I'm not sure what my post has to do with plays.
Society would benefit because without people being able to make money from selling something that the public has a right to get for free Amazon wouldn't have 87,404 results showing for Shakespeare.
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But where would you get it from? That's my point. It's being published that keeps books in circulation. Without publication these works would disappear.
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There wouldn't have been a need for this. According to wikipedia The Silmarillion was published in 1977, but J.R.R Tolkien tried to publish it since 1937. If it would have entered the public domain after 20 years, people would have had access to it much earlier mainly because publishers would have a limited time to make money of the book. So worst case scenario it would have been available in 1957.
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No, it wouldn't. Again, I ask, where would the public get it from? Without publication, there's no book.