The 70 years after death of author rule came in around 1st July 1995. Works
of the type that Jim Bennett describes are now known as Revived Copyrights.
Any copies made of the work when it was out of copyright when the 50 year
rule was in place (I.e. before 1/1/95) can continue to be sold without
payment of royalty but if the work is reprinted then the publisher has to
start to pay a royalty on anything manufactured after 1/1/95 for the
remaining duration of the 70 years.
Of course, a company publishing a Revived work for the first time has to pay
a royalty on all sales made in the time before it goes out of copyright
under the 70 year rule.
Hope this helps.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Bennett <[log in to unmask]>
To: poetryetc <[log in to unmask]>; british-poets
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Date: 17 January 1999 21:50
Subject: Copyright help
>Could someone help with some information on copyright.
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>From when does the 70 year copyright rule start and is it retrospective?
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>If so what happens to a piece of work which falls into that 20 year gap. A
>piece which was out of copyright and is published as such but the author
>died 61 years ago?
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>If I am sounding a little desperate it is because I have had three
>conflicting pieces of information and it may end up costing me a lot of
>money...
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>Jim
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