Rights
What you can translate
Libris Translate translates the books you give it into the languages your model handles, including Tamil. Having the right to translate them is up to you: the licence says so, and here is what that usually covers.
General information, not legal advice. Copyright law differs from country to country: when in doubt, ask a lawyer or the rightsholder.
What you can translate
- Your own works, when you hold their rights. Check your publishing contract: an author who assigned the translation rights to a publisher needs their agreement.
- Works whose translation rights you acquired: a written contract with the author, the publisher or their agent, for the language and the territory concerned.
- Works in the public domain, whose protection has expired. In the European Union, that is generally 70 years after the death of the author; the rules differ elsewhere, and a recent translation or edition of an old text can still be protected.
What it is not for
- A book you bought, borrowed or downloaded: owning a copy does not give the right to translate it, even for yourself or to share.
- Fan translations of works under copyright, without the rightsholder’s agreement.
- Removing a copy protection (DRM) to import a book: an encrypted EPUB is refused on import.
What the licence says
The terms of sale put it in one sentence: You are responsible for holding the rights to translate the works you import.
Terms, section 6. The books, the translations and the files Libris Translate produces are yours; the publisher never sees their content.
Personal is for non-commercial use: a translation you sell or publish for money, or translate as part of your work, needs Studio or Pro.
Publishing a translation
A translation made with a model is a first draft: publish nothing nobody has read. Some stores ask you to say that a translation was made with AI: check their rules before publishing.