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 == Copyright ==
+The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project, like most internet-based free culture projects and in particular the <span class="plainlinks">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Projects Wikimedia Projects], follows the principle of only publishing material that is out of copyright in its own the Country of origin  (as defined by the <span class="plainlinks">[https://lawexplores.com/country-of-origin-and-internet-publication-applying-the-berne-convention-in-the-digital-age/ Berne Convention]</span>) and in the Country in which the website is based (legal registration, location of the servers).
 === Originals ===
-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.)
+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, most of Africa, Asia and Oceania, most Latin American Countries and Canada. (The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is based in Italy.) 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>.
+Most of Wittgenstein's works are also in the public domain in the United Kingdom, where rights expire 70 years after the death of the author. In the UK, however, a provision exists that grants copyright protection to posthumous works unpublished before 1989 until the end of 2039 (the so-called <span class="plainlinks">[https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term/copyright-notice-duration-of-copyright-term "2039 rule"]</span>). Although this might affect some parts of Wittgenstein's ''Nachlass'', it does not affect any of the works published on this website, because each of them was published before 1989 or does not have the UK as its Country of origin.
-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.
-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>.
+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.
 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 and about the Ludwig Wittgenstein Project's policy in relation to it, 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 ===
-Some of the translations available on this site are in the public domain in those countries where rights expire 70 years or fewer after the death of the author (see [[#Originals|§ Originals]] above).
+Some of the translations available on this site are in the public domain in those Countries where rights expire 70 years or fewer after the death of the author (see [[#Originals|§ Originals]] above).
 Most of them, however, have been made on purpose by The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project: these are available under <span class="plainlinks">[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution]</span> or <span class="plainlinks">[https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike]</span>. This means that they can be used, remixed, distributed free of charge, without having to ask for permission, even for commercial purposes, provided that credit is given by indicating the name of the translator and The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project (a link to the website is appreciated); in the case of works released under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike, it is also required that any derivative work be distributed under the same licence as the original.
 === Resources ===
-The following map may help you to determine the copyright status of a work in your country, although in many cases it is not sufficient alone.
+The following map may help you to determine the copyright status of a work in your Country, although in many cases it is not sufficient alone.