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Bad example. A better example is I am a vendor across the street giving away free books. However, to comply and get a free book I require you to keep the book's bibliography intact.

You don't do this. You get my books, cut out the bibliography, glue all the pages together, and then sell the book as your own.

It is my book and all you did is derive some work from it.

Curation companies have the same problem and there are plenty of high profile lawsuits about it.



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