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Public Domain Issues - UK
Reading a few websites has got me thinking that I may try to reprint some
old works that I own - if they have fallen into the public domain. A few items in my own collection, I am hoping, would probably be eligible - however I am not totally sure of UK copyright laws. For example, I am pretty sure that Hall's 'Life with the Esquimaux' is in public domain - so that means it could be reprinted - without contacting anyone? It is 1864 Original Publication However - other things I am pretty sure that the following could not be reprinted - A Century of Excavation In Palestine - Religious Tracts Society - 1925 - Author Died In 1950 Two of Graham Greene's early books, Rumour at Nightfall (1931) and The Name of Action (1930) - Author Died in 1991 - He never allowed the books to be reprinted - so only first editions exist.... Would be very grateful for any help on this topic - many thanks, Tom Lintern-Mole |
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"Tom" wrote in message ... Reading a few websites has got me thinking that I may try to reprint some old works that I own - if they have fallen into the public domain. A few items in my own collection, I am hoping, would probably be eligible - however I am not totally sure of UK copyright laws. Current copyright law in the U.K - as in the rest of Europe - is that copyright exists for seventy years after an author's death in respect of previously published material. I understand that different provisions apply to unpublished material. For example, I am pretty sure that Hall's 'Life with the Esquimaux' is in public domain - so that means it could be reprinted - without contacting anyone? It is 1864 Original Publication Original publication is no guide; it's the date of the author's death that matters. However, unless the author wrote this book while he was a teenager and lived to be a hundred or so, you're probably in the clear on this one :-) However - other things I am pretty sure that the following could not be reprinted - A Century of Excavation In Palestine - Religious Tracts Society - 1925 - Author Died In 1950 Two of Graham Greene's early books, Rumour at Nightfall (1931) and The Name of Action (1930) - Author Died in 1991 - He never allowed the books to be reprinted - so only first editions exist.... These could be reprinted with the permission of the relevant estates; however, if they're not willing to have them reprinted, or ask more than you're prepared to pay, you're out of luck. Barbara Roden |
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"Tom" wrote in message
... Reading a few websites has got me thinking that I may try to reprint some old works that I own - if they have fallen into the public domain. A few items in my own collection, I am hoping, would probably be eligible - however I am not totally sure of UK copyright laws. http://www.intellectual-property.gov...t/how_long.htm Good luck. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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"Eric Bustad" wrote in message ... http://www.intellectual-property.gov...t/how_long.htm I read this as saying that the UK copyright protection for _books_ lasts only 25 years after the year of publication, not for the 70 years after the author's death that was mentioned elsewhere in this thread. The website states: "Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work lasts for the life of the author and 70 years from the end of the year in which he/she died." It does further state that: "Copyright in a published edition expires 25 years from the end of the year in which the edition was first published."; but this is something else, and presumably exists to protect artists who wish to recover rights from a publisher. Believe me, copyright in a book exists for seventy years after the death of the author (in Britain and the E.U.). I've had dealings with enough estates to be absolutely dead certain of this fact :-) Barbara Roden |
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"Eric Bustad" wrote in message ... Believe me, copyright in a book exists for seventy years after the death of the author (in Britain and the E.U.). I've had dealings with enough estates to be absolutely dead certain of this fact :-) How about a non-fiction book? The same goes for non-fiction as for fiction: seventy years after the death of the author. If you create something - stories, novels, music, articles, reference books, paintings, cartoons, whatever - copyright in the U.K. and E.U. is death plus seventy. Barbara |
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Barbara Roden wrote:
"Eric Bustad" wrote in message ... Believe me, copyright in a book exists for seventy years after the death of the author (in Britain and the E.U.). I've had dealings with enough estates to be absolutely dead certain of this fact :-) How about a non-fiction book? The same goes for non-fiction as for fiction: seventy years after the death of the author. If you create something - stories, novels, music, articles, reference books, paintings, cartoons, whatever - copyright in the U.K. and E.U. is death plus seventy. Barbara Well, 25 years did seem kind of hard to believe. = Eric |
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"Barbara Roden" wrote in message
... The same goes for non-fiction as for fiction: seventy years after the death of the author. If you create something - stories, novels, music, articles, reference books, paintings, cartoons, whatever - copyright in the U.K. and E.U. is death plus seventy. The Berne Convention states that duration of copyright is life of the author plus 50 years, but it allows each member nation to extend that duration. Most, but not all, of the EU countries have extended that limit to 70 years. William M. Klimon http://www.gateofbliss.com |
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In message , Eric Bustad
writes Barbara Roden wrote: "Eric Bustad" wrote in message ... Believe me, copyright in a book exists for seventy years after the death of the author (in Britain and the E.U.). I've had dealings with enough estates to be absolutely dead certain of this fact :-) How about a non-fiction book? The same goes for non-fiction as for fiction: seventy years after the death of the author. If you create something - stories, novels, music, articles, reference books, paintings, cartoons, whatever - copyright in the U.K. and E.U. is death plus seventy. Barbara Well, 25 years did seem kind of hard to believe. The 25 year protection is for the typographical layout of the book. If an author dies in 1900 copyright on their text expires in 1970 but if a publisher puts out an edition of their work in 2000 you wouldn't be able to make copies from that edition until 2025. Another thing to note is that copyrights on translated works are based on the lifetime of the translator as well as the original author. -- Bernard Peek www.diversebooks.com: SF & Computing book reviews and more..... In search of cognoscenti |
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