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> In what situations is it acceptable to edit words that someone wrote? When the author is present and engaged in the process. Would Dahl care about these cha
by horsawlarway 4y ago
> In what situations is it acceptable to edit words that someone wrote?
When the author is present and engaged in the process.
Would Dahl care about these changes? We don't know. And that's the problem. It's no longer his book - it's the diluted version.
Alternatively - if the author is gone... when the story is no longer bound by copyright seems a sane approach. If you want to edit his words, make them compete with the original versions (or other folks edits). If the edits are genuinely better - they will win out.
- slg 4y ago>When the author is present and engaged in the process. Does this mean you would be fine with this process if it involved the author even if they approved of changes to a book decades after it was originally released? >Would Dahl care about these changes? We don't know. And that's the problem. It's no longer his book - it's the diluted version. >Alternatively - if the author is gone... when the story is no longer bound by copyright seems a sane approach. If you want to edit his words, make them compete with the original versions (or other folks edits). If the edits are genuinely better - they will win out. Does this mean that in situations in which the author is dead and the books are still under copyright that you are ok with a publisher that decides to stop publishing the book, basically the Dr. Seuss situation?