mickeymart - 9:52 pm on May 26, 2005 (gmt 0)

People are getting confused what public domain is. Content may be public domain, but the MEDIUM is subject to copyright when it is created.

Something may have been written in 1640, but if it was printed in 1991, that physical book is subject to copyright, and can't be digitally reproduced as is.

Another example... a composition may be hundreds of years old, but if someone creates a MIDI file based on the composition, that MIDI file is subject to copyright protection.