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Kessinger Publishing controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2009

    Public-domain and Google Books access criticism

    Kessinger was criticized after a Lafcadio Hearn volume was reportedly treated as copyrighted and sold through the company while scholars considered the underlying work to be in the public domain. Critics said this classification restricted access to a digital copy and described the conduct as copyfraud-like. The supplied material records public criticism, not a confirmed court finding.

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