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]> 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 in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a 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 unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being 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 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyright-in-certain-unpublished-works >> >> 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/>
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