Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Joe Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I can create derivative works from Homer's _Illiad_ even though the >> copy I'm basing it on is in the Norton Anthology of Literature. > > Most ancient documents exist in many different versions. There is >significant work involved in putting together a particular text. I would >guess that this work is covered by copyright, so you can't just take the >text from a recent and expensive academic edition and put it on the web.
Of course, I pick a terrible example of a non-copyrighted work. s/Homer's _Illiad_/Dicken's _A Christmas Carol_/. --Joe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
