[Wikipedia-l] Another copyright question

[Karen AKA Kajikit]

Julie Hofmann Kemp wrote:
> 
> Hi all --
> 
> Verlag Bautz, a German printing house, has a totally cool website, the
> "Kirchenlexicon."  It invites contributions, but is also clearly marked
> with a copyright (2001).  My question...are direct translations of
> entire articles, even when credited, fair use?  I'm pretty sure that
> they are not -- I know they wouldn't pass muster at the university copy
> center...
> 
> Opinions?

I would say that the act of translation involves a substantial amount of
rewriting and that for a fact-based article it probably becomes an
entirely new piece if it's translated properly. 

But if you translate a piece of fiction into another language doesn't it
still remain under the original copyright? You can't translate Mien
Kampfh into English and then claim that you own it... 

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