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A comment on What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014. Parent comment

Re:What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014 by Turing_Machine on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @11:45AM (#6991364)
Yep. The way I used to explain it to my students was this:

Distributing "Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare": not plagiarism or copyright violation.

Distributing "Romeo and Juliet by Turing Machine": plagiarism, but not copyright violation.

Distributing "The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien": Copyright violation, but not plagiarism.

Distributing "The Lord of the Rings by Turing Machine": both plagiarism and copyright violation.

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Re:What Could Have Entered the Public Domain on January 1, 2014 by JetSpiegel on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @01:56PM (#6992165)
Distributing "The Lord of the Rings by George RR Martin": Boatloads of cash
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