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Would/could these types of changes constitute a new grounds for copyright on these works since they are "edited"?
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No. Editing doesn't confer a new copyright. Only adding original material such as an introduction, footnotes, etc, would, and even then only that new material would be protected by copyright.
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I tend to agree with those who enjoy reading the language used in the original books. For example, I can't imagine reading Sherlock Holmes updated with more modern language.
I think for the most part, the books that have the most issues in Project Gutenberg are the more obscure books where we are frankly lucky that anyone bothered to scan them to begin with. Sure, I would love to have all the books well scanned and edited, but I tend to have a higher tolerance for scan/edit/formatting errors. |
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I also prefer to that the books retain the original spelling and punctuation. The times, settings and characters have an authentic feeling in stories that keep the author's spelling.
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I downloaded one: The Innocence of Father Brown. It's nicely done. All neat and tidy like. I did have to run it through Calibre, though, to remove full text justification. There were big gaps in the words.
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I've read classics with edited and in original form. This isn't anything new. In most cases I really don't care much which I read. There are situations where I do care. I read "The Canterbury Tales" in original English a couple of decades ago and that was quite a chore but I'm very glad that I did. I learned more about the English language from that than from the linguistics courses I took. Modern English versions were available then but I didn't know it. If I had I might have read one of those and I'd have really missed a great experience.
There are a number of British novels that I've read in American editions and others in British editions. I just read a Dick Francis novel in the British edition because it wasn't available in an American version. It wasn't a big deal. I've done that many times before. If I'd had a choice, though, I'd have chosen an American edition. I downloaded one of the books from Standard Ebooks the other day and looked it over. I haven't read it yet but it looks pretty nice to me. By the way, I used to be a volunteer proofer at Gutenberg and I don't agree that they do sloppy work. Every page is checked by at least 3 different proofers. I've also read a lot of Gutenberg books and I've found them to be better done than modern books from big publishers. Barry |
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I'm another one who prefers the original spelling/punctuation when reading older books. It would be good if they could have separated the cleanup/correction step from the modernisation step, and issued separate original and modernised editions. Especially since 'modernised' also seems to mean 'Americanised'. From their typography manual:
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