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 in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a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 unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being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 https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyright-in-certain-unpublished-works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