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The aim of The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is to make as much of the ''Nachlass'' as possible freely accessible; however, the distribution of creative works online is regulated by [[Project:About|current copyright laws]]. Copyright protects the output of all intellectual activity that has a creative nature (e.g. a translation, a selection, personal notes of a speech, and so on) as opposed to the result of mere sweat-of-the-brow work (e.g. a ''verbatim'' transcription or a reproduction). Of course, case law varies country by country, but there is a general, worldwide convergence toward the concept that a “threshold of originality” must be met for a work to be copyrighted. | The aim of The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project is to make as much of the ''Nachlass'' as possible freely accessible; however, the distribution of creative works online is regulated by [[Project:About|current copyright laws]]. Copyright protects the output of all intellectual activity that has a creative nature (e.g. a translation, a selection, personal notes of a speech, and so on) as opposed to the result of mere sweat-of-the-brow work (e.g. a ''verbatim'' transcription or a reproduction). Of course, case law varies country by country, but there is a general, worldwide convergence toward the concept that a “threshold of originality” must be met for a work to be copyrighted. | ||
Based on our expertise in the field of copyright, we at | Based on our expertise in the field of copyright, we at The Ludwig Wittgenstein Project decided to only publish those texts for which we had strong reasons to determine that the editor’s work can not be considered creative. The list of available texts meeting these criteria is constantly being updated. | ||
One final note: the fact that an original-language text is missing from this website does not entail that it is still copyrighted. It could mean that, so far, we are not sure enough that it is safe to consider it out of copyright; but it could also mean that, so far, we didn’t have the resources to digitize it and put it online. The work goes on. | One final note: the fact that an original-language text is missing from this website does not entail that it is still copyrighted. It could mean that, so far, we are not sure enough that it is safe to consider it out of copyright; but it could also mean that, so far, we didn’t have the resources to digitize it and put it online. The work goes on. | ||
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