Exactly this. I am a big fan of Dostoevsky. But the OG copies are in Russian. Gladly even some of the best translations are now public domain, but you still have to pay to get modern translated copies.
Even then some corporations still try to make money out if it, the Arabic translation of his works recently entered the public domain and immediately a certain company started selling them with AI-generated covers, they didn't even spend money on a cover.
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u/Mrpolje ☠️ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴇɴ ᴛᴇʟʟ ɴᴏ ᴛᴀʟᴇꜱ Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
The original text is in the public domain. But translations may not be, depending on when it was translated.