Copyright Aid

Hi Andy, I've got stuck on the 'reviving' of photos after the 1995 legislation. Do you think this paragraph, from Dacs.org.uk, is correct? And was revival automatic or did the photographer have to do something?

"Whether copyright can be revived in old photographs
The 1995 Regulations allowed for ...

Thank you, Andy. That is very helpful. I will explore the avenues you suggest.

Hi Ellie,

Whether fair dealing will cover using the illustrations in a book will depend on the nature of the book. If the purpose is to review or to provide a critique of a genre or facet of publishing or art / graphic design which is exemplified by the images then you should be within Section 30 ...

Thank you so much, Andy. That is really helpful.

I submit photos I take to a stock photo agency for potential sale. I also sell old theatre programmes from the 1930's onwards. Some of the programmes include interesting advertisements. If I wanted to copy these and submit them as archival images to the agency, is there a date, like with old photos ...

Now I understand. Thank you so much for the quick reply.

Thank you for this. I am confused. If I wanted to publish (or even sell a copy of) a photo, taken in the uk in 1914, for example, I might think it is 'out of copyright', as discussed on this forum. But if copyright is inherited then someone owns the copyright today. So I can't publish it or sell a ...

Thank you for the detailed reply. Much appreciated. Can copyright be inherited? For example, in 1960 my mother took a photo of me, using my camera. In 1979 my mother passed, leaving assets to myself and my older brother, who passed in 2003. Do I own the copyright?

What is the situation in this real example? A book was published in the uk in 1933 with a photo of the author. The same book is reprinted in 2001 with an edited version of the same photo to show just his head, rather than his head, chest and arm. Is the 1933 full version out of copyright? To broaden ...