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Old July 9, 2003, 02:49 PM
Ankesh Kothari
 
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Default Re: public domain copyright?

> If the item is in the pulic domain, you can
> do the translation and then copyright your
> translation (yes, it is done).

But whats the use? Any other person can get the item from public domain and translate it again. Or is it that if a person has already translated a public domain item - and copyrighted it, it cannot be translated by any one else?


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