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Originally Posted by HarryT
Unless you are talking about uploading Russian-language books, all that matters for copyright purposes is the copyright status of the particular translation you are working with - a translation has its own copyright status, independent of that of the original work.
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Yes i know. I'm talking primarily about translations. The matter is that there are translations available which could be in public domain because the translator died years before the author of the original work. But a translation is just a "derivated work" and can't be public domain if the original work isn't. (?)