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by EddieD
Sun May 19, 2019 7:36 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Unpublished recipes copyright law
Replies: 6
Views: 13195

Re: Unpublished recipes copyright law

At the moment I have found no surviving relatives from the authors only known child. However after further searching I have found information regarding possible siblings of the author having existed. Which opens up a whole new search. I have requested the authors will to gain more overall ...
by EddieD
Thu May 16, 2019 12:46 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Unpublished recipes copyright law
Replies: 6
Views: 13195

Re: Unpublished recipes copyright law

Thank you for the further information Andy.

Having done initial searches it seems that an heir may not exist. I will search further into this and have requested certain records along side the usual online searches using Ancestry.co.uk etc. I looked into applying for an orphan works licence, and the ...
by EddieD
Tue May 14, 2019 10:22 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Unpublished recipes copyright law
Replies: 6
Views: 13195

Re: Unpublished recipes copyright law

Many thanks for your reply Andy which reaffirms what I thought would be the case.

You are right in that I wish to retain the style of the original author's recipes. The orginal author would be credited throughout and the publication marketed as being based on their earlier work. Photographs of the ...
by EddieD
Mon May 13, 2019 12:23 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Unpublished recipes copyright law
Replies: 6
Views: 13195

Unpublished recipes copyright law

I am in possession of an unpublished handwritten recipe book/ notebook, the writer of which died in the late 1950s. The book contains multiple recipes with instructions, methods and related information. I am not a relative or decendant of the original writer.

I would like to use the book to form a ...