Hi all, Some initial thoughts at https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/2039_consultation - comments appreciated.
Andrew. On 7 November 2014 at 17:58, Andrew Gray <[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 in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a 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 unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being 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 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyright-in-certain-unpublished-works > > 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] _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
