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Originally Posted by Psymon
Worth taking a look at this court case (if you can manage with all the legalese). This is a UK case, but nevertheless it still provides some "precedent" with regard to a case similar to my own. Obviously it wouldn't apply to simply publishing a public domain work "as is," without making any emendations to it, but I can see my friend's point that this is rather similar to what I've been doing with my book.
Any thoughts?
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"But this was held to be sufficient to create an original copyright work as it had required a high degree of skill and labour; it was not merely servile copying. Precisely where the borderline between the two lies is sure to be the subject of future cases."
An interesting case. I revise my opinion. In UK law it seems that you might be able to bring a case for copyright infringement with some hope of winning it. But it would be a large gamble, so you'd need to be sure the potential reward was worth the risk.