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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>. | 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 | Most of Wittgenstein’s works are also in the public domain in the United Kingdom, where, as a general rule, copyright expires 70 years after the author’s death. British law grants extended copyright protection to some posthumous works, depending on the date they were first published and on the time interval between the death of the author and the first publication. This, however, does not affect any of the works published on this website. | ||
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. | 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. | ||