Originally Posted by pittsburgpam
Originally Posted by costumegirl
Can these authors/designers copyright historic blocks that are in the public domain and restrict use?
No, they cannot. See my previous post about EQ6. If that block is in EQ6, which really has just about any block you could imagine, then it is either public domain or they (EQ6) drew it, and it is NOT copywrite.
I totally agree. They cannot claim copyright to a design in the public domain, and I don't care whether they put the blocks together into "their" design.