How to keep people from reading

[FlyingClayDisk]

...I see it as yet another factor which will lead to people only reading what they are given, ...

^^^^THIS!!^^^^

Yes, it is about money, but I believe there is also a darker underpinning and that is one of control.

Whenever I see a 'plaintiff' seeking legal remedy when no injury (damage) has occurred it gives me pause to think about their motivations.  Clearly no publisher of some antique work who is no longer in business can lay claim to that work or its publication.  So, while on the face of it may seem to be about money, the darker reality is someone wants to remove the work from circulation by seeking such an oblique and obtuse allegation.