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Old 01-17-2012, 02:53 PM   #57
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Then or now? Remind me how long has Project Gutenberg been around for, making books available without looking for a profit, keeping books from disappearing.
There are many people who make books freely available without looking for payment (my humble self included), but there are a heck of a lot more that are only available because publishers keep them in print. You seem to be suggesting that it's some kind of "crime" to publish public domain works for a profit. It's not - the whole point of the public domain is that it encourages reproduction of the work by any and all means. There's nothing wrong with publishing for profit - it's what keeps books in print.
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