Thread: Rules regarding reusing files from the Library?
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Old 02-17-2016, 10:23 AM   #61
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
If I read this correctly that is plagiarism. Also known as stealing another's work and is illegal. Public Domain or not.
No, it's not illegal. So long as the work is in the public domain.

You're entirely free to publish (say) A Tale of Two Cities under your own name, and give no credit to Dickens at all.
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