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Originally Posted by caleb72
Having said that, I don't happen to believe translations should have copyright entitlements identical to the original work. It's actually only a pretty fresh opinion for me as it's been something I've been thinking about specifically in the last couple of months while sourcing some translations of old public domain works. So I can't guarantee this opinion will stay, but it's where I'm at for the moment.
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I can certainly see that there's an argument for translations to have copyright for, say, 10 years from publication or the length of the original copyright (whichever is longer).