The Shocking Truth About Rewriting Someone Else’s Book—And Whether You Can Legally Own It
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I am not an attorney and this is not legal advice. You should speak to an attorney but he/she will tell you the same thing so let me save you some money and a lot of heartache.
The organization is correct. They own the rights to the book. Just because it doesn’t have the word copyright in it, and even if they never registered the copyright, they still own it.
What you did is copyright infringement. If they sue, you would owe them thousands in penalties and you could be fined up to $250K.
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