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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
That may not be true. In Suntrust v. Houghton Mifflin ("The Wind Done Gone" case), Judge Marcus' opinion pointed out (pg 60): The law grants copyright holders a powerful monopoly in their expressive
works. It should not also afford them windfall damages for the publication of the
sorts of works that they themselves would never publish, or worse, grant them a
power of indirect censorship. There may not be a "right to not publish in formats I don't like." There's a right to exploit the market... but not a right to suppress it. |
Though that may be true too; if I publish a book in large letter format, the customer is allowed to buy one, and convert it to a smaller format as he likes, just as you may buy a car and paint it in another color.
but noone can demand me to start making these books in smaller lettertype. And as long as I am the copyright holder, you can not publish smaller print versions for sale legally, apart from your own purchased copy; or if you stay within the licence or copyright agreement.