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Old 12-16-2008, 04:39 PM   #96
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
The question posed was:



If the books based on Gutenberg books and posted here are in the public domain then anybody can do anything with the book. The question is if they are in the public domain or not?

The CC books is of course not in the public domain. But what holds for the other books based on public domain texts?
Does it only have to be based on a Gutenberg book? It the book has elements of Gutenberg but was extensively modified, fixed, images added, etc. then is the results still in the PD? Books that are translated have a whole new copyright. What about other books that are not language translated but format translated? I think we need to respect the wishes of those who did the work and the rules of the forum related to eBooks submitted here.

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