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To put another way, if you do not have permission of the original author it is a derivative work, there is no valid copyright(at least in the US, but also in ma
by gnopgnip 6y ago
To put another way, if you do not have permission of the original author it is a derivative work, there is no valid copyright(at least in the US, but also in many other countries). It is only if the translation(or any derivative work) was made with permission that it is protected by copyright
- matkoniecz 6y agoAre you sure? I agree that if original work has an active copyright then in usual case you need permission from whoever owns it. But if I make translation, then I may be unable to distribute i. But in exactly the same way original author would need to have my permission to distribute translation.
- gnopgnip 6y ago>Only the owner of copyright in a work has the right to prepare, or to authorize someone else to create, an adaptation of that work. The owner of a copyright is generally the author or someone who has obtained the exclusive rights from the author. In any case where a copyrighted work is used without the permission of the copyright owner, copyright protection will not extend to any part of the work in which such material has been used unlawfully https://copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf https://copyright.gov/circs/circ14.pdf