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From: phr@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (Paul Rubin)
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Subject: question about copyrighting public domain works
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Date: Tue, 25-Feb-86 22:36:33 EST
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My copy of "Kidnapped" says something like "Copyright 1973 Bambi Book"
opposite the title page.  This seems bizarre to me.  "Kidnapped" was
written by Robert Louis Stevenson in the 1880's.

How do they do it?  What have they copyrighted?