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== Copyright == | == Copyright == | ||
=== Originals === | === Originals === | ||
Wittgenstein's works are in the public domain in those countries where rights expire 70 years or fewer after the death of the author. They are therefore out of copyright in most of the European Union, the United Kingdom, most of Africa, Asia and Oceania, most Latin American Countries and Canada. (The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is based in Italy.) | Wittgenstein's own works are in the public domain in those countries where rights expire 70 years or fewer after the death of the author. They are therefore out of copyright in most of the European Union, the United Kingdom, most of Africa, Asia and Oceania, most Latin American Countries and Canada. (The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is based in Italy.) | ||
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, 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>. | 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>. | ||
Some of Wittgenstein's posthumous works underwent extensive editing before being published in book form. These works may still be copyrighted because of a further "layer" of rights connected to the creative nature of the editors' elaboration of the manuscripts. To know more about this issue, please see the essay [[Project:Why are some of Wittgenstein’s texts missing from this website?|Why are some of Wittgenstein’s texts missing from this website?]] | |||
=== Translations === | === Translations === | ||