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Old 10-27-2017, 05:36 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy View Post
My thinking is if the book is that darned great, someone over the years would have found a way to get them to the masses, be it published last year, last decade, last century or a millennium ago.

I can of several that were that important. The Mythologies, the Bible/Koran/other religions texts, Shakespeare, etc.
I am pretty sure people that lived in those times could think of others they thought should be preserved.
...and none of those were ever copyrighted. Would we know about any of them if they weren't allowed to be distributed/performed/recited because the copyright lasted 70 years after the death of the creator, and all of the creator's heirs died within 50 years of the creator?

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