Copyright Aid

Hi Sally,

As someone whose wardrobe contains mainly shabby without any chic, I had to Google Magnolia Pearl to find out what they were all about.

I have to confess that I don't understand which elements of their clothing constitute the 'added' part which I would associate with the term appliqué ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Croatia are both signatories to the Berne Convention, as is the UK, so that means we have to give any copyright works made in either of those two states the equivalent protection that we do to works created here.
Sculptures of the sort you mention are completely covered ...

Hi Kaji, welcome to the forum and thanks for posting.

The OP PeterMillettNZ hasn't logged in for several years now, so I'm not sure if he will see your update. Interesting new dating however.

Andy

As you may be aware the distinction between published and unpublished works is a throwback to earlier copyright legislation and is particularly peculiar to UK law. Ultimately it dates back to the very first Copyright Act of 1709 which was primarily intended to protect booksellers rather than authors ...

Hi Derek and welcome.

As SQL is a programming language and not a discrete computer program it is not subject to copyright per se (just like ordinary languages). And as you state there are several proprietary implementations of the language, such as MySQL and this is where care is needed. You would ...

Hi Marion,

The plot thickens.

For the work, made in 1832, to still be treated as an unpublished work here in the UK it needs to have had an anonymous author. If the identity of the author is or was known, then the act of publication in Jamaica is irrelevant since the author would have died more 50 ...

Hi Marion and welcome to the forum,

Much depends on where and when the image was created, and the circumstances which mean it is still 'unpublished' today. The UK only recognises the copyright in works created outside Britain (and its former colonies and dominions) as a result of various ...

Hi hug,

I can't see any justification under data protection law which would prevent Alamy from divulging the name of the copyright owner, especially as this information is/was probably available on the Alamy listing for the image. Whether Alamy choose to provide the copyright owner's name is a ...

Hi hug and welcome to the forum,

Yes you should cetainly ask Alamy for evidence that they represent the owner of the copyright in the image concerned. Since they are a picture agency and don't directly employ any photographers I think it is unlikely that they wil 'own' the copyright in anything for ...

Hi matthew and welcome to the forum.

And thank you for your considered thoughts on the matter.

And I agree that engaging with these claim management companies is necessary. It is important to remember that in most cases the people they target have in fact infringed the copyright of someone who ...

Hi snapperman,

Thanks for this information. Since the IPEC small claims resgistry moved to Manchester I have not kept up with the outcome of more recent cases. The Ministry of Justice used to publish statistics about the number of claims and details of awards made, but as far as I can tell they no ...

Hi Julian,

Your first question had me scratching my head. The principle is so axiomatic to civil law claims that it would rarely be stated in a court judgment, rather in the same way that everyone connected to the law knows that the standard of proof in civil matters is the balance of probabilities ...

Hi Julian and welcome to the forum.

Yes under the terms of the CC licence paragraph 7a, it is correct that the point at which the breach occurs is when an image is first posted (published) without the stipulated credit. But that then becomes a matter of contract law, rather than copyright law ...

You only need to cite the author or creator of the work where the original publication has done so. And you only need to use the author's name. There's no need to cite where it was published unless you wish to.

Hi Cath3,

You are right that reselling individual illustations etc from books or magazines does not infringe copyright due to the doctrine of exhaustion of rights. In this particular case, it is the distrubution right within copyright which is involved. In this context UK law is governed by Article ...