Remember that copyright requires creativity. There is nothing remotely creative in the markup of any of the (hundreds of) ebooks of public domain texts that I've created, therefore I do not have any claim to copyright in them. Most people here create ebooks because we want them to be shared as widely as possible. You're assuming that people want to claim copyright in the books they create. That goes against the whole ethos of sites like Project Gutenberg, which is to create texts that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. An ethos which I whole-heartedly support. If I achieve nothing else in my life, at least I can say that I leave behind a legacy of ebooks which anyone is free to share and enjoy.
Last edited by HarryT; 10-03-2016 at 08:20 AM.
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