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Old 07-10-2013, 08:26 AM   #34
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If that was true there would be no orphaned works. Why right holders lack of interest have different consequences? Why should they care to place things in the public domain if they have no interest in thinking about these kind of things?
Do you have specific examples of books that have previously been published as ebooks or print-on-demand that are now orphaned? I grant you that it is possible it might happen, but it seems much less likely that works of significance will become unavailable for purchase in this way.
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