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Originally Posted by Billi
Harry, I have my doubts if this is really this straightforward, in Germany, at least, it isn't. Some (minor) modifications to a public domain text don't give the modificator automatically a copyright in his own. The law requires real creative work to get it's protection.
I had a greater concern if you - Alex - could really be able to alter chapter III back to the "faulty" original. That sounds a difficult task! Hope you find an original somewhere.
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Thanks, Billi. I wondered myself just how many changes Bandanna Press could make to the original and then say their version is copyright. It's a moot point for me anyway since so far as I can tell Bandanna Press has closed - though they still have the download link and accepted my money.
What I could do perhaps is to take the material from the pdf I have, and check that against the Hathi Trust file found by Jellby.
And thanks for the links, Jellby -though I haven't been able to download either source yet.