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In other Countries, including but not limited to the United States of America, the author of a work having been dead for more than 70 years is not a sufficient condition for determining its copyright status. It is your responsibility to comply with the laws of your country by making sure that a given work is in the public domain there before accessing it or downloading it. Please be aware that if the rights relating to the original text have not expired in your country, using a translation is not allowed either. | In other Countries, including but not limited to the United States of America, the author of a work having been dead for more than 70 years is not a sufficient condition for determining its copyright status. It is your responsibility to comply with the laws of your country by making sure that a given work is in the public domain there before accessing it or downloading it. Please be aware that if the rights relating to the original text have not expired in your country, using a translation is not allowed either. | ||
When a work is in the public domain, it can be used, | When a work is in the public domain, it can be used, shared, distributed, sold, translated, and remixed with no restrictions and without having to ask for permission, although <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights some rights may still apply]</span>. | ||
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