Thread: A question on old vs new media and copyright
View Single Post
Old 07-15-2016, 07:42 PM   #6
dwig
Wizard
dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.dwig ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
dwig's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,613
Karma: 6718541
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Paradise (Key West, FL)
Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Tex2002ans View Post
... Republishing something in the Public Domain doesn't somehow add/renew/give you copyright to the work.

If they added their own Foreword or added footnotes/annotations, just those specific additions would be copyrighted.
...
Also, any other creative addition can be copyrighted. This includes typography, layout, and the actual code for the page. Copying the text would be fine, but copying the site's HTML code and CSS file and republishing them, on another website or wrapping them up as an ePub, would be dubious.
dwig is offline   Reply With Quote