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Subject:Query: Copyrights for translations From:"Robert A. Goff" <outlaw -at- RT66 -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 14 Mar 1995 18:18:20 -0700
CAUTION: I am not a lawyer, and this is *not* a legal opinion.
> Someone asked me what happens to copyright if you perform a
> translation of someone else's work.
A translation is a copyrightable work that is derived from the original.
The original author retains the right to control derivative works, and the
translator gets a copyright on the translation.
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Robert Goff, Head Scribe and Vellum Scraper, The Outlaw Press
outlaw -at- rt66 -dot- com http://www.rt66.com/outlaw/Resume.html
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