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7277 27 23_Re: Treading carefully?15_Philip [log in to unmask], 29 Jan 1999 20:45:08 -0000353_iso-8859-1 Many thanks to all who responded to my query regarding copyright, especially John Colby.
I have only one further question - if an author dies without any next of kin, to whom does the copyright belong ??
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Phil Clifford
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7305 39 13_Draeger & Weg15_Philip [log in to unmask], 29 Jan 1999 21:07:29 -0000486_iso-8859-1 My research continues with success and I feel I must commend various list members for their ongoing assistance.
I have located a copy of "The Rescue Man's Manual' via the UK's excellent Inter-Library loan service, if you haven't used it yet, do so it will save a fortune in trudging round the bookshops looking for the proverbial Rocking Horse S****. (Would still like to buy a copy if possible so let me know if you come across one - please) [...]49_29Jan199921:07:[log in to unmask]
7345 48 23_Re: Treading carefully?15_Peter [log in to unmask], 29 Jan 1999 22:34:05 +0000 (GMT Standard Time)576_US-ASCII The problem is not so much if there are no next of kin; it is if the author dies intestate. Copyright is a property that can be willed; for example for a good many years the Bodleian Library in Oxford enjoyed the income from owning the copyright to "The Wind in the Willows" bequeathed to ir by Kenneth Grahame. It eventually went out of copyright when the UK rule was still 50 years. When EU harmonisation brought everybody into line with the German 70 years it actually went back into copyright and the income was resumed. [...]77_29Jan199922:34:05+0000(GMTStandardTime)[log in to unmask]
7394 47 17_Re: Draeger & Weg10_John [log in to unmask], 30 Jan 1999 00:02:49 +0000377_- Hi Phil
Just had a thought - have you tried Snibston in Coalville for any information? They're the discovery park on the site of the Stevenson Snibston Pit, and since the museums services split when Leicester and Leicestershire went their different ways under the last reorganisation (and teh director resigned) they've had to paddle their own canoe. [...]47_30Jan199900:02:[log in to unmask]
7442 53 23_Re: Treading carefully?10_John [log in to unmask], 29 Jan 1999 23:53:30 +0000430_- Hi Phil
His/her estate. Now how that is disposed of is another question. If no- one can be found to receive any estate (it being converted to liquid asset where possible) then it passes to the exchequer, I think.
The main question in any breach of copyright was chasing it and could you (anyone) afford to do so. Nowadays its much clearer (after the 1988 Act) but still very cloudy in some areas. [...]47_29Jan199923:53:[log in to unmask]
7496 30 23_Re: Treading carefully?11_Phil [log in to unmask], 30 Jan 1999 00:59:41 +0000716_- In message <[log in to unmask]>, Peter Northover <[log in to unmask]> writes >The problem is not so much if there are no next of kin; it >is if the author dies intestate. Copyright is a property >that can be willed; for example for a good many years the >Bodleian Library in Oxford enjoyed the income from owning >the copyright to "The Wind in the Willows" bequeathed to ir >by Kenneth Grahame. It eventually went out aüþõo |