Hi all,
The government is currently consulting on reducing the copyright term
in some unpublished material - this is the "2039 problem" that a
number of institutions have been raising in recent weeks, where
unpublished works can be in copyright until 2039 despite being
potentially several centuries old.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/reducing-the-duration-of-copyri…
This seems like something where WMUK should submit a response (we have
a pretty clear interest in rationalising the regulations here).
Deadline is a month away so we've got some time to think about it.
I'm happy to draft up some notes for us to send in if no-one else is
putting something together - have we been looking at this already?
Andrew.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk