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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
If I read this correctly that is plagiarism. Also known as stealing another's work and is illegal. Public Domain or not.
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Plagiarism is not illegal. Only the copyright infringement element is a legal offense, and that doesn't apply with public domain works. The rest is just lying about who wrote it. Lying about most things isn't illegal. Just ask
Xavier Alvarez.
That does not make one any less of a dirt bag, however, and would not prevent one from losing an election, being kicked out of school, fired, run out of town, etc.