31-03-2011, 01:32 PM
That's correct Alan there has been a discussion about this very subject elsewhere and age cannot be the yardstick. Someone can go ahead and purchase the rights and legitimately expect payment. BVWS sought permission to provide the Trader sheets on CD from the original owners.
Yorkie has spoken about this subject in depth I shall if he does not mind just post a snippet from his post, Yorkie if you would rather it removed or would like to add feel free. The information you provided was very useful and informative, and relevant.
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Any such copying and/or placing in the public domain - whether for financial gain or just to help others - without the copyright holders' permission, will almost certainly constitute a breach of UK copyright law unless the copyright has expired.
Copyright laws in most countries including the UK have exemptions for what is known as ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’ - a term used to describe some well-defined limited activities that are allowed without infringing copyright. However, this is very limited and does not extend to copying manuals, circuits, magazine articles and so on and passing them on to others.
Examples of fair dealing are:
Research and private study, in which a copy is made for research and private study only, and for non-commercial purposes, that further copies aren’t then made and circulated to others, and that the source of the material is acknowledged. Within strict limitations, copying is also permitted under fair dealing for instruction or examination, for criticism or review, and for news reporting.
The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration of copyright, which - for written work, (which is what concerns us) - extends for a very long time - 70 years after the death of the author(s) or where the author isn’t known, 70 years from the date of publication. You can only legitimately use copyright material (apart from ‘fair dealing’) if the copyright has expired, or with the copyright owners permission. If you don’t know who the copyright owner is, you can’t gain permission, so can’t use the material.
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Yorkie has spoken about this subject in depth I shall if he does not mind just post a snippet from his post, Yorkie if you would rather it removed or would like to add feel free. The information you provided was very useful and informative, and relevant.
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Any such copying and/or placing in the public domain - whether for financial gain or just to help others - without the copyright holders' permission, will almost certainly constitute a breach of UK copyright law unless the copyright has expired.
Copyright laws in most countries including the UK have exemptions for what is known as ‘fair use’ or ‘fair dealing’ - a term used to describe some well-defined limited activities that are allowed without infringing copyright. However, this is very limited and does not extend to copying manuals, circuits, magazine articles and so on and passing them on to others.
Examples of fair dealing are:
Research and private study, in which a copy is made for research and private study only, and for non-commercial purposes, that further copies aren’t then made and circulated to others, and that the source of the material is acknowledged. Within strict limitations, copying is also permitted under fair dealing for instruction or examination, for criticism or review, and for news reporting.
The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration of copyright, which - for written work, (which is what concerns us) - extends for a very long time - 70 years after the death of the author(s) or where the author isn’t known, 70 years from the date of publication. You can only legitimately use copyright material (apart from ‘fair dealing’) if the copyright has expired, or with the copyright owners permission. If you don’t know who the copyright owner is, you can’t gain permission, so can’t use the material.
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