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- Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:26 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Magna Carta - addendum
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4425
Magna Carta - addendum
This is just a fictious example to check my understanding. If I was to find the "never been published before" Magna Carta - addendum. Written approximately 650 years ago. Then even though it's 650 years old, I as the first ever publisher would would have 30 years of copyright assigned to m...
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 10:16 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Elvis Presley
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5311
- Fri Jan 09, 2015 8:48 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Elvis Presley
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5311
Elvis Presley
If I wanted to write a story, where a kid goes back in time and meets (hangs out) with Elvis Presley. Where the history of the King is written more as a story line from a teenager's point of view. Can I write anything I like? I'm thinking here of the "Elvis Estate" which I understand prote...
- Wed Apr 16, 2014 12:01 pm
- Forum: Copyright Law
- Topic: Fonts and Kindle
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5495
Fonts and Kindle
I would like clarification of fonts and Kindle books. I read an article discussing fixed fomat kindle books versus reflowable books (the standard). If you use a non-kindle font then for a reflowable ebook you have to also supply the font as well as the book. Whereas with a fixed format book each pag...
- Sat Mar 08, 2014 9:09 am
- Forum: Copyright Law
- Topic: Safari photos in my book - would there be any restrictions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5778
Hi AndyJ Yes, I was specifically concerned with my images. Something I hadn't considered before, although it seems obvious now, is that when I take a photo anywhere (Stately home, Museum, Royal Park). The photo's copyright will always be mine. But what I'm allowed to do with that photo is governed b...
- Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:41 pm
- Forum: Copyright Law
- Topic: Safari photos in my book - would there be any restrictions
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5778
Safari photos in my book - would there be any restrictions
I'm guessing that the answer would be "No". But when I think about how big these game reserves are I can't imagine that some entity could have a monopoly on all photographs taken - but I could be wrong. But then if I don't state which game reserve was used, who's to know. One lion sitting ...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:41 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: What are the rules when using trade marks in a book
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6517
Thanks for a great reply - as always. How about the Olympic Rings. I know this is very restricted. So you can't put it on a book say, even with a disclaimer - at least not for long :-) Looking the rings up on awiki, I can see that they were designed in 1912 (well out of copyright - which I know does...
- Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:14 am
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: What are the rules when using trade marks in a book
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6517
What are the rules when using trade marks in a book
Hi, I'm writing a book and I want to make references to Microsoft, Sony "the Beatles", etc. Firstly is it okay to use these trade marks? Then just add an "R" symbol with the little circle around it. In books that I've seen there's usually a section, somewhere near the front that ...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 12:09 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Pen Names
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4828
Pen Names
As you may know some authors choose to publish under a pen name. There's no problem with that as far as I know annd there are various reasons why you might want to do this. My question is, is a pen name copyrighted? Or can anybody use it? My example would be - I start to publish books under a pen na...
- Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:51 am
- Forum: Copyright Law
- Topic: Another query about images
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6868
Another way around this is to hire someone, on Fiverr.com for example, to make a drawing, sketch, magic marker version, using the photo as inspiration. I might be stepping out of line a bit here, but you certainly get a simialr image cheaper. The question is then how different or close the image mus...
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 4:11 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Outsourcing and Copyright
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6149
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 1:21 pm
- Forum: Copyright Basics
- Topic: Outsourcing and Copyright
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6149
Outsourcing and Copyright
If you pay for someone to write an article or design a logo. Obviously you have the right to use this finished product anyway you choose. But who owns the copyright? common sense tells me it the copyright owner should be person/organisation that commissions the work. But I appreciate that things are...
- Thu Dec 19, 2013 8:33 am
- Forum: Ownership and Permission
- Topic: World War 1 - photos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10333
Hi AndyJ, In the last section of your post you mention that an old photograph, that has been restored/enhanced in some way, can introduce a new copyright on that new image. I thought that a way around this would be to hirer someone to make a sketch or paint a picture of the photograph. No one could ...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 2:52 pm
- Forum: Ownership and Permission
- Topic: World War 1 - photos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10333
Amazing thanks AndyJ, so quick and a lot of things to ponder. I was just wondering if our politicians and politicians in the world at large, realise what a mess Copyright law is in? And whether, with hindsight, there's any plans to straighten things out? It seems, using my simple analogy, that we ha...
- Tue Dec 17, 2013 12:37 pm
- Forum: Ownership and Permission
- Topic: World War 1 - photos
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10333
World War 1 - photos
I new to this site and I think I've found a truely helpful site. I want to break into online publishing and copyright law, laws, look like quicksand. I want to write artilces on WW1, which celebrates its centenary next year. My question is WW1 photos. Obviously these must be, or very close to 100 ye...