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The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being potentially several centuries old.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.
Interesting, I’d missed that the fact that a new consultation was started last week.
We certainly should respond to this, and it would be great if you’re able to draft some notes.
Michael
On 7 November 2014 at 18:00:03, Andrew Gray (andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk) 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The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being potentially several centuries old.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-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.
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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 andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk 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The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being potentially several centuries old.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-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.
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- Andrew Gray andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
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 andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk 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 <andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk mailto:andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk> 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-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.
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