On 25 December 2011 22:57, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?
Yes. UK law doesn't really have the same distinction in length when it comes to corporate copyright as the US. -- geni _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
