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JJM

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What is the name of your state?IN

If a work in the public domain is translated is the translation eligible for copyright?
 


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divgradcurl

Senior Member
JJM said:
What is the name of your state?IN

If a work in the public domain is translated is the translation eligible for copyright?
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Potentially yes. However, remember that if you do obtain a copyright, your copyright only covers your translation, it doesn't serve to keep others from making and publishing their own translations of the same work.
 
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