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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
You clearly misunderstand the copyright system. Creating a derivative work from public domain does not require the derivative work to be also in public domain. In fact, in the US the derivative work is automatically under copyright. And where do you get the mistaken idea from that you are not allowed to profit from public domain work? Of course you are allowed to profit from it.
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do understand how the copyright system works. I just don't like it. If a writer's heirs can't profit from his creation, why should parasites be able to latch on to it?