: Re: How do I obtain permission to quote a Buddhist teaching in my fiction book? In the book I have written, one of my characters recites a portion of the Dhammapada. How do I avoid violating

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If you have the name of the book and the year and probably also the place of publication (country or city), you can probably find the publisher.
Wikipedia has a number of sources about the Dhammapada.

Indeed the copyright laws last a couple of decades since the last publication or even with music until 75 years after death of the musician when it is not inherited by family or other persons. This depends on the country though. I just gave an example about the copyright law in The Netherlands.

What works is to mail the publisher of the book you used the quote from - the website should have mentioned it otherwise they do not mention their source correctly. But as I mentioned: you should mail the publisher if you can have permission to use the quote in your fiction book. You can even suggest to otherwise use their name of source in a footnote or something. You need written permission to not be sued for violation of the copyright.

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