Thanks for the reply, but I believe that is in the U.S. (isn't it)? On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 9:41 PM, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > 50 or 70 years after death is the present extent of copyright AFAIK, > depending on where the book was originally published. Everytime the > copyright on Mickey Mouse is about to expire, the term gets increased. > > gerrit > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Darren Addy > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:46 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: anyone familiar with UK copyright (for publishing in the > U.S.)? > > Just a short follow-up. It appears that what I am asking about is called > "orphan works" and UK law recently changed regarding them: > http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/05/orphan-works > > We are 33 years out from the original publishing date (no other editions > were printed and it was never even published in paperback). I know who the > original publishing house was, but there would be no reason to give them a > "heads-up" on what I'd like to do... they can't possibly have publishing > rights that extend this far out (can they?) > > Interesting. > > On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have an interesting situation that I just bumped across. I've found >> a long out-of-print title (published in 1980) by a now deceased author >> (died 2009) who, in a 1997 USENET post, gave permission to reproduce >> ("photo/ copy") his book if anyone found a copy. He also stated that >> he owned the copyright (therefore could give such permission). I have >> reason to believe that the title might be reasonably popular today, if >> again available. >> >> I guess my question is: Would his copyright have passed to his heirs? >> (Or what happens to one's copyright at death in the UK system)? Does >> his giving permission to reproduce mean that I could now republish it >> in the U.S. without treading on anyone's rights? Or if someone >> maintains rights, how might I go about finding out who and procuring >> them? >> >> Thanks for any insights. >> >> -- >> "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - >> Peter Galassi > > > > -- > "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter > Galassi > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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