Copyright Aid

Hi AndyJ, apologies for not replying to your last message. Just to say these comprehensive replies have been so helpful! Thank you very much for your time and expertise.

Hi AndyJ,
Wow, that's such a detailed and expert answer, thanks so much for your thoughts!

To answer your question, the work isn't anonymous - although I wasn't aware that the 2039 rule makes a distinction between anonymous and authored works. There's no reference to such a distinction on this page ...

Thanks very much Andy - that's so helpful!

The image was made in Haiti, which adheres to the Berne Convention. I'm glad to hear that works are not normally given greater protection under UK law, but a bit confused by the EU directive which tbh I don't really understand, so if you have any more ...

Hi all,

I'd very much appreciate help with a tricky question. I want to use a 19th-century image which is out of copyright in the country of its creation, but definitely in copyright in the UK, strange as that seems (owing to the 2039 cut-off for unpublished images).

If I use this image for UK ...