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Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by maxerickson on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:17PM (#15325282)
The book was published in 1959.

Even though it is derivative, translations are eligible for copyright as an original work.

http://bookwormtranslations.com/copyright-law-and-translatio...

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Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by efficax on Sunday September 24, 2017 @12:57PM (#15325468)
Even still, copyright should expire after less than 60 years.
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Re:All the goodness gone from tea (1688) by chicago_wade on Sunday September 24, 2017 @07:58PM (#15327163)
Well, regardless of what you and I agree that it should be, the rule is Life + 70 years in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright...

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