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by alanB
Sat Jun 26, 2021 2:13 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: BBC not being to eager to answer!
Replies: 3
Views: 29201

Re: BBC not being to eager to answer!

Hi Andy,
thanks very much indeed for taking the time to write such a detailed reply, it's much appreciated.

Points such as reading aloud from a script being classified as a literary work and the resultant copyright issues hadn't occurred to me.

However, I do still have a few aspects I'm struggling ...
by alanB
Fri Jun 25, 2021 5:23 pm
Forum: Copyright Basics
Topic: BBC not being to eager to answer!
Replies: 3
Views: 29201

BBC not being to eager to answer!

I've contacted the BBC and they're not too happy to give me a clear answer so wondered if anyone could give me a definitive?

As far as I can tell under current UK copyright legislation (Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988) a 'broadcast' falls out of copyright after fifty years.

So am I correct ...