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		AnthonyMouse on Feb 13, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wikimedia removes the Diary of Anne Frank due to c... The ability to create derivative works is one of the primary benefits of works entering the public domain, so no.

pbhjpbhj on Feb 13, 2016 [–]

I think you misunderstood - you can make derivatives, you can't sell the work with your own modifications as if it were the original (you can sell your derivative though). Neither could you plagiarise works under such a system.

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