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Why wouldn't publishing the book's contents in full under a different name and title be copyright infringement?
by tomphoolery 11y ago
Why wouldn't publishing the book's contents in full under a different name and title be copyright infringement?
- rev_bird 11y agoBecause the original "book," by Anne Frank, would be in the public domain.
- Terr_ 11y agoThen there's no point to their action, because it would still be public domain even after their attempt to steal it.
- dtech 11y agoBecause the copyright on anything that Anne Frank has written will expire this year.
- pbhjpbhj 11y agoThe diary itself will be out of copyright, the book "The Diary of Anne Frank" - an edited version of the diary (by excision and addition of preface only, it seems) - will still be in part copyright protected. Except possibly in some regions - I think France has an ongoing right to be named as author/creator of your own works - once copyright expires then you could plagiarise the work without committing a legal wrong; though it would be morally reprehensible IMO.