On 25 December 2011 04:09, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
geni, what would your knowledge of UK copyright quirks make of this?
Standard life+70 (okey technically some slightly reduced moral rights under Provision 79(6)(b) but meh). Bits of it might be public domain (if you can argue that the individual articles and images constitute separate works) but most of it probably isn't (assuming they followed the standard model of getting a bunch of junior employes or academics to do most of the work). In the US it's PD if pre 1923. Otherwise 95 years after publication.
Hm. Does life+70 also apply to works for hire? (Is there case law on this question?) I assume the hypothetical academics sold all rights in the work, not just first publication rights or similar.
- d.