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Re: How to publish a translation?

From: James Keeline <keeline~at~yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 07:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
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--- Art Evans <aevans2~at~tds.net> wrote:
> As for copyright, there were many English translations done of Verne's works
> before the international copyright laws took effect around 1923. But they
> were generally of poor quality. Most of the good translations of Verne are
> modern, and therefore protected under copyright.

I believe that the first International Copyright Laws respected in the U.S.
were in 1870 but the 1923 date may refer to something else, perhaps? Texts
written prior to 1870 were commonly the subject of pirated (unauthorized)
editions. This dropped off considerably beginning in 1870.

James D. Keeline
Received on Thu 17 Jun 2004 - 17:52:02 IDT

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