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Old 10-10-2009, 01:39 PM   #175
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward View Post
Because of a little something called human dignity. I'm not talking legal rights here, PD is PD. But people should have the right to say no, and have it respected, else they will end up saying no the hard way, by no longer contributing. And that's far worse the the short term gain from arm-twisting...
Sorry, Ralph... but you seem to suggest that people should be granted de facto legal rights by people that the law does not grant them at all... simply because they want it (or perhaps because they did some unknown amount of work relating to it?).

I don't think that's right or moral. The way I have no problem with writers who constantly cry and whine about piracy never writing another book again, I much prefer that the people who upload PD books understand and respect the concept of the Public Domain. I would certainly not actively encourage somebody's delusions that they own rights to public domain material. (I'm not talking about anyone in specific, to be clear.)

- Ahi
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