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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
This is getting just plain ridiculous.
Public Domain text can be given away, sold, traded like baseball cards, or folded up and worn like a paper hat. That's the whole point. Everybody owns it. Everybody... as in the public.
"Business practices" have zero to do with what anyone can and cannot legally do with text that is out of copyright. Period. Regardless of where they obtained the out of copyright text.
What actually is in the public domain (and which portions of certain works are out of copyright) may be in dispute--or vary from country to country, but that's a different discussion.
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Come on !
If american or european company decide to create ebooks based on D.P. , use little childrens under 5, childrens who's working 12hours per days, and 7 days by weeks. (remember 1 dollars for full texts of one author like Platon). So that is a good solution to stay in competition.
Do you think that legal...Do you think that moral, do you think that a fair practices... Can you reply to me again : eh H-P, we tell you that is public domain text! we can do what we want ! Like using chidren slave. That P.D. Why are you so stupid H-P. Do like us, use slave, like that that fair competition (DrNefario).
Wake up.