[LINK] OFF TOPIC: Is a translation a copyright violation

[Roger Clarke]

Briefly, yes.  Translation is an 'adaptation'.

Brief lay summary at:
http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/EC/Bled2K.html#C

Brief summary by a lawyer at:
http://www.uq.edu.au/~uqgdemps/copyright.html


At 10:20 +1000 17/6/07, Karl Auer wrote:
>Hi Linkers.
>
>Is translating the lyrics of a song without permission a copyright
>violation?
>
>I realise that fair use, review etc all permit translations of part of a
>song, but what about a translation of the whole song? And, obviously,
>publication of same.
>
>Note that there is no performance, and this has nothing to do with the
>music, we are talking solely about the lyrics.
>
>All responses beginning with "I suppose", "I think" and "Surely" will be
>cheerfully discarded :-)
>
>Regards, K.
>
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