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Originally Posted by auspex
Of course you haven't seen that, because it's impossible to prove such a thing. However, "not in existence" is not nearly a good enough condition. The existence, or not, of the Mona Lisa would be irrelevant if it was kept in some private collector's vault.
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That's why we have copyright libraries. All books published in the UK are available for reference purposes in the British Library, and virtually all western nations have similar collections. It may not be convenient to get to, but it is there.