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by bakuman
Thu Jul 31, 2014 11:49 pm
Forum: Ownership and Permission
Topic: Copyright on UK Magazine Articles
Replies: 2
Views: 9667

Thank you! That helps me moving forward as I contact the various potential rights holders.
by bakuman
Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:35 pm
Forum: Ownership and Permission
Topic: Copyright on UK Magazine Articles
Replies: 2
Views: 9667

Copyright on UK Magazine Articles

I'm working on a book that republishes articles from a UK magazine from roughly 1880-1930, so I was interested in your discussion from this thread:

But for publications originating in the UK or other European countries, different rules apply. Broadly these rules are the author's lifetime + 50 or ...
by bakuman
Wed Jul 30, 2014 9:17 pm
Forum: Misc
Topic: Inactive links on the website
Replies: 1
Views: 27295

Inactive links on the website

While I was checking through the excellent resources on this website, there were a couple of links that led to 404 pages that i thought you might want to update.

* Sources of Information About Copyright page

The Jenkins link looks like it needs to go to this page:

http://www.jenkins.eu/copyright ...
by bakuman
Thu Jul 24, 2014 4:19 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Status of published work when an author dies
Replies: 7
Views: 20708

it is highly likely that there was a termination clause in the agreement by which the copyright would revert to the author or his heirs after a set time.

Depending on the contract, termination could also occur if the book goes out of print and the author sends a letter to the publisher seeking a ...
by bakuman
Thu Jul 24, 2014 2:40 pm
Forum: Copyright Law
Topic: Well Known images - Copyright law
Replies: 4
Views: 11009

* If the 'Wahol' you mention in your posting is Andy Warhol, then of course he has only been dead for a mere 27 years so his work is still in copyright.

True. One wrinkle I've seen is to copy his screenprint technique only with images that were not created by him. It consists of repeating the ...