On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 05:48:21 +0900, Matthew Endo  ...
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>I have a question regarding translation work and copyright issues.
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>For example, there is a technical manual copyrighted by the manufacturer
>of the item.  If you translate the English into Japanese, who owns the
>copyright of the Japanese version?
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>What are the issues involved?
>

Ryan's reply didn't turn up on my server, he must be a spammer. But I think he
is slightly wrong.

Unless specified otherwise, when you are paid to do specific work the person
that pays then owns the copyright material. For instance if I write programmes
for someone on a contract basis, I can't incoporate any of that work in another
contract.

This is the case in most jurisdictions, I don't know for sure that Japan is the
same but it wouldn't make sense if it was.




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"No country hides itself behind the paper screen of cultural elitism like Japan,
which, considering they've bought their entire civilisation from other people's
hand-me-downs, is a bit of a liberty."