On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, Michael Scarpitti <mscarpit[_at_]asnt.org> wrote:
>
> Again, EVERY copy of Dracula that I can find in shops displays copyright
> claims in it. Is this not absurd? Why can't the publishers be honest
> and say:
>
> Public Domain Material
> Copyright in this edition limited to typesetting and layout.
> Reproduction of text only permitted. Any other use constitutes
> infringement.
Keep in mind that not only the publishers but also authors, artists, compilers, historians, printers, singers, pastors, priests, editors, and countless professionals routinely put a blanket copyright notice on their works without saying whether any portion of their works comes from public domain materials. Why do they do that? Probably, tradition or custom. Probably, very vast ignorance of effects they have on the society (probably as the result of the ignorance of the history and philosophy of intellectual properties). Probably, greedy. Probably, laziness.
What about you? As an editor, what do you do with works that contain some public domain portions?
Joseph Pietro Riolo
<riolo[_at_]voicenet.com>
Received on Wed Aug 05 1998 - 11:16:35 GMT
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