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The barrier of copyright is extremely low. Simply reproducing copyright free works is already covered again by the copyright.

• delinka 12y ago
  Not exactly. A newly typeset and printed copy of Alice in Wonderland does have copyright protection. The presentation has transformed the (public domain) text enough to qualify for protection. Someone chose fonts, letter sizes, line lengths, book size... You can't go making photocopies of that particular work and sell them without infringing. You can, however, take the original text, which is now in the public domain, and typeset and print your very own Alice in Wonderland book. And now you hold a copyright on a presentation of Alice in Wonderland.
  • teddyh 12y ago
    > The presentation has transformed the (public domain) text enough to qualify for protection. Do you have a reference for that?
    • delinka 12y ago
      http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fair-use-what-transformative.html http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/fair-use-what-transfo...
  • legulere 12y ago
    The problem is that the text might have been altered (intentionally or unintentionally) and then you are infringing on copyright again.