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		Agathos on Jan 2, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What’s Entering Public Domain in 2021: The Great G... It’s tough to read Shakespeare without some annotations, and those are generally copyrighted. Which is one reason I have never been able to find a good free ebook collection.

postingpals on Jan 2, 2021 [–]

Aren't teachers supposed to provide the annotations themselves with their english knowledge?

BrianOnHN on Jan 2, 2021 | [–]

No, not at 45K USD/year. We're lucky if they effectively provide those copyrighted annotations.

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