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> "without copyright there will be no writers" Just recently had a bit of a good laugh about this. I decided to read Caesar's notes on Gallic wars, and downloa
by Andrew_nenakhov 6y ago
> "without copyright there will be no writers"
Just recently had a bit of a good laugh about this. I decided to read Caesar's notes on Gallic wars, and downloaded some random .fb2
It turned out to be a preview fragment, which ended with a stern warning that it is illegal to break copyright laws and that this book can be legally purchased via provided link. I'm sure Gaius Julius is very happy with how these guys protect his interests.
- elmomle 6y agoThat's ostensibly for the translator (of course it's more for the publisher). You can get (typically Edwardian-era or earlier) public domain translations, or the original Latin, for free in lots of places.
- Andrew_nenakhov 6y agoI read it in russian, and I specially checked that russian translator died almost a hundred years ago.
- elmomle 6y agoAh, yes that was rather Anglocentric of me, apologies. And that's a lousy situation--any idea why that's the case?
- madeofmeat 6y agoThey have a public domain English translation free at gutenberg.org