(Resending after resubscription…) > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Michael Peel <[email protected]> > Date: 23 November 2014 23:52:05 GMT > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > Cc: Wikimedia Commons Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Reducing the copyright term for (some) > unpublished works > Reply-To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]> > > Thanks Andrew - that’s a good start. :-) I’ve added some of my suggested > answers to some of the questions. I’ve cc’d commons-l who I’m sure will be > able to suggest better answers that I can… > > Thanks, > Mike > >> On 23 Nov 2014, at 23:14, Andrew Gray <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Some initial thoughts at >> https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2039_consultation >> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2039_consultation> - comments >> appreciated. >> >> Andrew. >> >> On 7 November 2014 at 17:58, Andrew Gray <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term >>> in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a >>> number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where >>> unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being >>> potentially several centuries old. >>> >>> https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyright-in-certain-unpublished-works >>> >>> <https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyright-in-certain-unpublished-works> >>> >>> This seems like something where WMUK should submit a response (we have >>> a pretty clear interest in rationalising the regulations here). >>> Deadline is a month away so we've got some time to think about it. >>> >>> I'm happy to draft up some notes for us to send in if no-one else is >>> putting something together - have we been looking at this already? >>> >>> Andrew. >>> >>> -- >>> - Andrew Gray >>> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> - Andrew Gray >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> <http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l> >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk <https://wikimedia.org.uk/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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