Thread: The Ethics of Typesetting
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Old 04-21-2012, 05:27 AM   #205
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Originally Posted by howyoudoin View Post
I have to agree with Catlady. If someone edits a book according to his tastes, he had better advertise that fact explicitly.
However, Catladys position seems to be that no other than the copyright holder can make any changes, even if the changes is made clear...

I could possibly have understood this position if it was only the acual author of the story that could make the changes, however with the copyright laws beeing what they are I think this argument falls... Say that someone (a grandchild or other heir) holds the copyright some 60 years after the author died and then publish a new "improved" version? They would then not even have to declare any changes were done and that would be ok? What is to say they have any better knowlege of the original authors wishes than anyone else?
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