Nick Burch wrote: > On Thu, 5 Jul 2007, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> The contributor is basically asserting that if a map was published 1954 >> and revised 1959, it goes out of copyright at the end of 1954, _not_ the >> end of 1959 (which is what I'd thought previously). >> >> Anyone with further knowledge of this? >> > > The last time I spoke to an IP lawyer about this sort of thing (~6 months > back, and he's on holiday so I can't check), the answer was: > > * published in 1954, expires 31/12/2004 > * published in 1954, republished without changes 1959, expires 31/12/2004 > * published in 1954, republished with changes / revisions in 1959, this > corresponds to a new work (as new copyrightable material has been > added), expires 31/12/2009 > > So I believe that if the publication date includes any mention of > revisions or updates, then the later date applies, but if they don't > mention changes, then it's the original date. This makes sense to me.
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