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AndrewK
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Quote AndrewK Replybullet Topic: I found Korean I on a website
    Posted: 25 May 2007 at 8:35pm
http://outsideinkorea.com/inside/2007/02/a_free_korean_language_course.php
 
The guy says it is public domain. Yet he refers to it as Mastering Korean (the Barron's name). So I don't know if this is acceptable or not.
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Quote Chung Replybullet Posted: 25 May 2007 at 10:29pm
Apparently the text looks like a FSI text, but yeah, I noticed that the description mentions that the material is Mastering Korean. I don't get the sense that the owner of the web site understands that it gives off the wrong sense and glosses over the distinction between what is truly public-domain and what is ripped off from a public-domain source.
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Quote Dionysio Replybullet Posted: 08 June 2007 at 3:13am
I had a bit of experience in this issue a while back with some ebooks.  Apparently, all derivations of a Public Domain item are Public Domain unless they add specifically artistic contributions.  Scans do not count as artistic contributions, but reformatting and changing the font may.  However, you are apparently allowed to scan something, reformat it and rerelease it as long as the base data comes from a Public Domain source.  I do not know what modifications Barron's made to their products though.
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