Copyright Aid

Hi Fatty, You may have misunderstood the point I was making. I have no quibble with the fact that the defendants clearly had no real defence and therefore even if they had attended the hearing, the outcome over liability was unlikely to have been any different. I don't know if you have attended cour...

Hi Fatty, Once again, a word of caution about relying on the results of individual cases. While Mr Webb is to be congratulated for successfully bringing this case (his second before the IPEC), in this instance the defendant was not represented in court and the entire trial lasted a mere 45 minutes. ...

Hi Fatty, Thanks for your comments here and elsewhere on the forums today. Just a couple of clarifications. With regards to Pixy being a scam, while I have not made a full investigation to check that the firm is bona fide, I have seen no evidence at all that it is. They have a website and they publi...

Hi Helen, It is certainly a little confusing that the caption says that the painting is 'after' JMW T, but the attribution by the publisher is to the great man himself. This is unfortunate because if there was a single attribution which just noted that Turner was the artist, section104(2) would have...

Hi Ann, Yes, evidence from the Wayback machine (the Internet Archive.org) has been used in many previous cases* in the UK. That said, if the defendant is saying that you previously offered the article for free, the onus is on him to provide evidence to support that statement, not the other way round...

Hi JC, Your last paragraph accurately sums up the situation. The separate items which make up the content of magazines (text, pictures, adverts etc) are individually all protected under the relevant heading of literary or artistic works, and in general this protection will last for the lifetime of t...

Hi teepeemckay, What you propose should not need permission as it will fall within the exception for quotation (section 30(1ZA) Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988). Although this is a UK/EU exception, something very similar applies under the US doctrine of fair use. Effectively this shoulld mean...

Hi HelenBee, There are two separate aspects to your question: copyright and privacy/personal data. I'm not sure why Francis Frith are saying that a postcard which is over 70 years old is OK. Assuming that the image on the card is a photograph, then as you will have seen from other threads on that su...

Hi Sally, You are right to be cautious about older works which may still be in copyright due to never having been published with the authorisation of the copyright owner. In cases such as these, copyright could exist until the end of 2039* when, finally, all such works will enter the public domain i...

Thanks to Nick for pointing out the problem with the URL. For the benefit of others reading this thread, here is the correct link to sam's representation: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2107513045979175&set=gm1905568282825623&type=1&theater . I have also corrected the link where it appears ...

Hi Mugman, Yes, I think a load of rubbish about summarises that mail. The second and third links have absolutely no relevance to intellectual property rights and the first is a word mark which I have already covered. Since you are (or were) not describing the items you sold as Cornishware or Cornish...

Hi again Sally, The artist who drew the map for the Russian Convoys book probably had some source material, which could have originated from the Admiralty. Have you contacted the Imperial War Museum or the National Archives to see if they have any official material which you could either use as is, ...

Hi Sally, Not sure I can help with how to get publishers to respond more quickly but, my feeling is that your request might have gone on the 'too difficult' pile and got forgotten. Too difficult because they probaly have no trace of the records concerning this book, or at least it isn't on their com...

Hi Mugman, There are three possible areas of intellectual property which might apply here. Copyright. Any artistic work which is sufficiently original can be protected by copyright, and this would certainly apply to many designs found on pottery and chinaware. However, the horizontal stripes of the ...

Hi Ann, Don't worry, there is no requirement for you to justify your fees at this stage. Since he is apparently unwilling to settle with you at the moment it's of academic interest anyway. The court will, in due course, probably want to hear how you arrived at fee, but unless the amount is clearly u...