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Originally Posted by Ghitulescu
The point I was made (in that particular context) is that all the rights will cease EVENTUALLY after a certain period of time. After that the work (book, movie, song, invention) enters the so-called public domain (PD) where ANYONE can do whatever s/he wants.
The academic decency required that the paternity of a concept/idea be maintained by citations, even if this right elapsed for millennia (think Plato). A sort of gentlemen's agreement. Although even the academic world seems now to be fully infected with "alien strains".
I mean, one can use in the current daylife any quote he wants and try letting it pass as his own, with impunity. Only in select clubs, like universities, some rules, different from copyrights, should be observed.
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That is exactly what we thought you meant and it is still wildly irrelevant.
As I pointed out in the first place -- do you want me to "cite the sources" when I DeDRM my ebooks, or what?
What is your
point?