Complex sentence: Publishers were able to get around this order, however, by re-writing the articles that Scribner's had copyrighted; for example, the "United States" article in Werner's 1902 unlicensed edition was newly written and copyrighted by R.S. Pearle.
Split into simpler sentences: Publishers were able to get around this order, however, by re-writing the articles that Scribner's had copyrighted. For example, the "United States" article in Werner's 1902 unlicensed edition was newly written and copyrighted by R.S. Pearle.