[WikiEN-l] copyright on scanned copy?

[Steve Summit]

geni wrote:
> On 11/17/06, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>> The upshot is that if copies are copyrightable, it can be
>> effectively impossible to obtain your own free copy of a public
>> domain work, if the original is inaccessible.
>
> that would depend on the ethical system you are opperating under.

But of course.  That's why I said "if" and "can be", not "since"
and "is".