On 25 December 2011 04:09, geni <[email protected]> wrote:

>> geni, what would your knowledge of UK copyright quirks make of this?

> Standard life+70 (okey technically some slightly reduced moral rights
> under Provision 79(6)(b) but meh). Bits of it might be public domain
> (if you can argue that the individual articles and images constitute
> separate works)  but most of it probably isn't (assuming they followed
> the standard model of getting a bunch of junior employes or academics
> to do most of the work). In the US it's PD if pre 1923. Otherwise 95
> years after publication.


Hm. Does life+70 also apply to works for hire? (Is there case law on
this question?) I assume the hypothetical academics sold all rights in
the work, not just first publication rights or similar.


- d.

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