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Originally Posted by Shaggy
So you're saying that even though such a person has no rights to the material, we should all pretend like they do?
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No, that's not what I'm saying.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I'm sure we all greatly appreciate the work that those people do, but you realize that their permission is not required. They no more own those books than you or I do.
They can choose to share their work or to not share it. That is their choice. What they can't do is share it and then try to dictate what people are and are not allowed to do with it.
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That doesn't mean they have to like it.
Just because one person has the right to do something, does not mean that everyone has to agree that it's a good idea to do it. Harry would prefer that the books he proofed and corrected be shared a particular way. However, a preference is not a requirement, so he cannot dictate that they be shared according to his preference; but that doesn't mean he has to change his mind about it.
He prefers them shared one way, you prefer them shared another. Legally, you can each share them however you want, regardless of the others' wishes. Neither of you has to like the others' choice.
As to selling PD works he has proofed and corrected, anyone has the legal right to do that: however as that could be considered implicitly claiming his work as one's own, the argument can be made that it's unethical. (Regardless of the ethics of the legal distribution, the implied falsehood can certainly be looked on as unethical.)