Re: Is this translation in the Public Domain?
On 21/11/2007, Arnoud Engelfriet <arnoud@engelfriet.net> wrote:
> Mohammad Derakhshani wrote:
> > This Urdu translation is made by Ahmed Rida Khan.
> > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Rida_Khan>
> >
> > Although the author died in 1921, I am not sure if the translation is in
> > the Public Domain.
>
> Probably. First, the work was translated in 1910 [1] and India
> apparently didn't have a Copyright Act until 1914 [2]. India
> also didn't join the Berne Convention until April 1, 1928 [3].
> Berne member states then will not recognize any copyright in
> the work (art. 3(1) of Berne).
>
> Even if copyright protection was available to the work when
> it was created, the copyright would have expired 50 years
> after the death of the author.
Agreed. Even within Europe, if the 70 year period were to apply, any
copyright would have expired in 1991.
John
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