Thread: Validation problem with EPUB2 copyright date
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Old 12-22-2015, 04:48 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by DaleDe View Post
You cannot copyright the ePub just because you changed the format. The original copyright sticks. If you add stuff you can copyright the stuff you add but the original author is the only one who copyrights the text itself.

The opf entry is not anything you want. It should be <dc:rights> in the OPF file. They text itself can specify the date and any additional data.

Dale
But you can copyright the ePub as a container for the book so nobody else can take your ePub and claim it.
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