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== The stratification of copyright == | == The stratification of copyright == | ||
It may happen that creative works themselves become the basis for other creative works. When a text is translated, for example, if the original counts as a creative work, then the translation does too; when a statue or a building are photographed, | It may happen that creative works themselves become the basis for other creative works. When a text is translated, for example, if the original counts as a creative work, then the translation does too; when a statue or a building are photographed, if the three-dimensional object counts as a creative work, then the two-dimensional image does too; etc. | ||
It is important to understand how layers of copyright function in this kind of scenario, particularly because of how important the issue of transcriptions and translations is for the future of Wittgenstein studies. | It is important to understand how layers of copyright function in this kind of scenario, particularly because of how important the issue of transcriptions and translations is for the future of Wittgenstein studies. | ||