View Single Post
Old 05-07-2012, 05:35 PM   #287
pdurrant
The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠
pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.pdurrant ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
pdurrant's Avatar
 
Posts: 74,028
Karma: 315160596
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Norfolk, England
Device: Kindle Oasis
Quote:
Originally Posted by petrucci View Post
I disagree. New forms of media have made all things historical more accessible. Naturally some of these have been incorporated into our culture. Sometimes the old stuff is taken lock stock and barrel, like Jazz, and other times it is reworked into something new like steampunk.
That's what makes the public domain so useful to content creators. Once re-worked, it gains its own copyright.

I still see no likelihood of an increase in topical public domain books.
pdurrant is offline   Reply With Quote