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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
But that is the nub of the issue. The publisher does not see any reason to re-publish their deep backlist. But at the same time, they are actively preventing those who would do it for free, because a penny might leak out that they couldn't get. This is not a call for the end of copyright, but an acknowledgment that after a certain point, non-availability should count as abandonment, enriching the public domain....
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It's a worthy goal, but I think the copyright holder (who is generally not the publisher) would say that the book is their property, to publish or not to publish as they see fit. If the copyright holder wants the book to be in print, they are the ones who have the ability to do something about it.