Copyright Aid

Ok that's interesting. I will now go and see if they will respond in writing as to the exact nature of these fees.

Cheers Andy

Ok thank you again Andy. I'll see if the museum can come to some mutual agreement as I am not averse to donating (a reasonable service fee) to the upkeep of artefacts and archives that we use (or prior agreement for location/access fees) but simply wanted a clearer understanding as to the legal ...

Apologies for tagging another question on but one other aspect someone just mentioned to me was that the museum might own the "reproduction rights" or own the "licence" for when and where the images are used? Is this legal and enforceable on a truly public domain image?

Thanks for the quick response Andy and yes to your queries all in the UK. The programme whilst not officially a commercial product may eventually be sold worldwide at a later date but the photos in question are a tiny part of the 30 minutes - perhaps 8 to 10 seconds.

I see now how the access might ...

Hi guys and girls

I've had a quick look through the forum but am in a situation that I cannot find covered sufficiently.

Recently we filmed some photos from 1912 which are in the public domain at a museum (even the museum acknowledges they are PD).

As far as I understand photographic Copyright ...