Certainly there would be repercussions in terms of credibility, but what legal repercussions could be brought to bear? Non-copyright is public domain--it belong

Certainly there would be repercussions in terms of credibility, but what legal repercussions could be brought to bear? Non-copyright is public domain--it belongs to you and me to do with as we please, including putting another name on it. Try printing Shakespeare's _Hamlet_ by MacsHeadroom and no one will stop you. (For the record, I would never sell another author's copyrighted work without permission. And I'd certainly never stick my name on something I didn't write because I value my reputation. But just because _I_ wouldn't doesn't mean people wouldn't. I'd bet plenty of money that they most certainly would.)