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Originally Posted by Psymon
The original printed versions of Thoreau's writings are in the public domain, but the revised and corrected emended versions of those are copyright those recent scholars.
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I'm sorry, but I must, with the greatest respect, disagree with you. Editorial changes to a public domain text do not grant a new copyright.
Given that neither of us seems likely to convince the other of our viewpoint, however, I suggest that we bring this discussion to an end and politely agree to differ. As I said a while ago in this thread, if someone makes use of your book that you believe violates your copyright, it will end up being the decision of a court.