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Old 09-26-2016, 08:41 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Psymon View Post
Well, I understand that reasoning, but how is it that print book publishers do claim copyright on books of Shakespeare plays (or whatever else in the public domain), and claiming it on the "entire" book, not just the cover or intro or anything else that is new/original?
They can claim whatever they want, and I guess they do by default and to scare people. Whether that claim would hold in court, that's a different matter.
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