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. _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
