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The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being potentially several centuries old.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-copyrig...
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.