50 or 70 years after death is the present extent of copyright AFAIK, depending on where the book was originally published. Everytime the copyright on Mickey Mouse is about to expire, the term gets increased.
gerrit -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2013 6:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: anyone familiar with UK copyright (for publishing in the U.S.)? Just a short follow-up. It appears that what I am asking about is called "orphan works" and UK law recently changed regarding them: http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2013/05/orphan-works We are 33 years out from the original publishing date (no other editions were printed and it was never even published in paperback). I know who the original publishing house was, but there would be no reason to give them a "heads-up" on what I'd like to do... they can't possibly have publishing rights that extend this far out (can they?) Interesting. On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 5:14 PM, Darren Addy <pixelsmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an interesting situation that I just bumped across. I've found > a long out-of-print title (published in 1980) by a now deceased author > (died 2009) who, in a 1997 USENET post, gave permission to reproduce > ("photo/ copy") his book if anyone found a copy. He also stated that > he owned the copyright (therefore could give such permission). I have > reason to believe that the title might be reasonably popular today, if > again available. > > I guess my question is: Would his copyright have passed to his heirs? > (Or what happens to one's copyright at death in the UK system)? Does > his giving permission to reproduce mean that I could now republish it > in the U.S. without treading on anyone's rights? Or if someone > maintains rights, how might I go about finding out who and procuring > them? > > Thanks for any insights. > > -- > "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - > Peter Galassi -- "Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art" - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
