As I suspected the OS has taken a hard line with respect to copyright and publication date.
Cheers Andy -----Original Message----- From: Customer Services [mailto:customerservi...@ordnancesurvey.co.uk] Sent: 13 October 2009 2:10 PM To: blackadder...@googlemail.com Subject: Crown copyright dates ( OS Reference 72267) Dear Mr Robinson Ordnance Survey reference: 72267 Thank you for your email dated 30 September 2009 requesting: seeking clarification regarding Crown Copyright status for those Ordnance Survey map sheets which do not carry a specific Crown Copyright (c) date. Please provide confirmation of the date when, for the following hard copy printed map sheet examples, Crown Copyright expired or will expire. Example 1: 1:25,000 First Series. Sheet SU93. Print edition C//. Made and published by the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, Chessington, Surrey, 1948. Reprinted with minor corrections 1960. Example 2: 1:25,000 First Series. Sheet NY21. Print edition C//. Made and published by the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, Chessington, Surrey, 1956. Reprinted with minor changes 1963. Example 3: 1:25,000 First Series. Sheet SO98. Print edition B///*. Made and published by the Director General of the Ordnance Survey, Chessington, Surrey, 1953. Reprinted with the addition of new major roads 1967. We are pleased to provide you with the following information with regard to your request. Crown copyright is retained for 50 years from the end of the year in which the last date of publication on, in this instance, an Ordnance Survey map is stated. In the examples provided this means for example 1, from 31 December 1960 until the end of 2010; example 2 from 31 December 1963 until the end of 2013; and example 3 from 31 December 1967 until the end of 2017. Please note that your enquiry has been processed to Freedom of Information guidelines, though technically this request does not qualify under the FOIA as this is not information which is held. As this is the case, we have determined that in all the circumstances of this case the Public interest consideration (section 17 FOIA) is not applicable in this instance. If you are unhappy with our response, you may raise an appeal to our Appeals Officer at: Complaints Team Customer Service Centre Ordnance Survey Romsey Road SOUTHAMPTON SO16 4GU Please include the reference number above. The Appeals Officer will ensure that the process has been followed correctly, questioning any decisions taken regarding the original response and recommending disclosure of additional information if appropriate. Thank you for your enquiry. Yours sincerely Tony Gray Information Access Manager (Freedom of Information) Ordnance Survey C454, Romsey Road, SOUTHAMPTON, United Kingdom, SO16 4GU Phone: +44 (0)8456 05 05 05 Fax: +44 (0) 23 8079 2615 www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk customerservi...@ordnancesurvey.co.uk This email is only intended for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Unless stated otherwise, the contents of this email are personal to the writer and do not represent the official view of Ordnance Survey. Nor can any contract be formed on Ordnance Survey's behalf via email. We reserve the right to monitor emails and attachments without prior notice. Thank you for your cooperation. Ordnance Survey Romsey Road Southampton SO16 4GU Tel: 08456 050505 http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
