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|    Richard Smith to Graeme Wall    |
|    Re: Copyright period for English newspap    |
|    20 Mar 19 16:39:29    |
      From: richard@ex-parrot.com              On 20/03/19 16:10, Graeme Wall wrote:       > On 20/03/2019 15:11, Richard Smith wrote:       >> Is anyone able to tell me when old English newspapers come out of       >> copyright in the UK? The normal rule is 70 years from the death of the       >> author, but the concept of an author seems fairly ill-defined for a       >> newspaper.       >>       >       > I think that in the case of a publication with no acknowledged author,       > such as a newspaper article, it is 70 years from the date of publication.              Thanks. That would make sense.              Richard              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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