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Originally Posted by Catlady
It IS wrong to change text without noting it.
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But it's not WRONG. Right/wrong isn't even applicable. It's simply something that you, Harry, I and others WISH people wouldn't do without noting it. It's out of copyright. It can't be protected--no matter how much we might wish it could. It's Public Domain. It belongs to everybody and nobody at the same time. Thinking the text should be sacrosanct isn't enough to actually make it so.
At the same time, though... I think there's enough like-minded people out there to ensure that these respected works will always be respected by someone--regardless of the medium. Besides, someone else reading a shitty adaptation doesn't affect my enjoyment (and love) of the "real-deal" one bit.