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Publishing text of hebrew prayer book from scratch
<p>BH</p>
<p>There is a Hebrew prayer book published known as Tehillas Hashem which has collections based on passages of the Talmud [printed more than a thousand years ago so in the public domain] as well as Biblical verses [also in the public domain], and certain other public domain sources.</p>
<p>The only thing is that it's hard to find actual public domain copies from the original sources, but, considering that the format in which its written, including the order of the above passages, is <strong>not</strong> copywritten [I have confirmed this], then if I were to theoretically type it out on my own, and give the original sources [from public domain works] as notes, would it be legal for me to sell it, even though its already published under other companies?</p>
<p>If not would there be anything I should change to do this?</p>

<p>You'd think this would be a simple question. Some textual object that was put together a hundred years ago or so would be in the public domain, but that isn't necessarily the object you have in your hands. The difference between the two might just be graphic (typeface, line breaks), but it could be content (including pointing i.e. niqqud). Ancient texts often require skillful and artistic reconstruction. So the answer depends on whether or not that version includes protected content, and you can avoid that protected content.</p>
