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How? A document in public domain can be accessed by anyone with access to public records, and new copies can be made. We don't need to over-react to the problem, it's certainly slippery enough as-is. We're discussing importance of protection vs profit, not ultimate fascist information-control.
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Simple, circumventing DRM is a crime in and of itself. If all new media is DRM'd. then even though it legally enters the public domain, no clear text copies of the media might exist. Since any sort of conversion of the product to a clear text (even via typing it manually) is circumventing DRM, then, if everyone obeys the laws, the work though legally in the public domain can never actually be released.
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Bill