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Originally Posted by HarryT
We have to accept that books are commercial property, and rights to them can be bought and sold. They aren't something that we have some "divine right" to.
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Hey, I am all for people getting compensated for their work. But ultimately we do have that right, although it is not divine in nature. That is why there are limits on copyright, that is why we have a public domain, and that is where all books ultimately should end up.
One of the reasons why I find it so objectionable that companies like Disney build their "empire" on public domain content and then turn around and try to lock their reworking of that content up forever.