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Message: 6721

Author: J.G.Harston

Date: 18/02/2011

Subject: Re: Copyright status?

 

Ian Gledhill wrote:

> Hence a question - how is the copyright on this game in all its
> flavours? If I put up a scan of all my tapes, instructions and copy
> protection sheets,

Copyright in UK law lasts for 70 years from the death of the author
and exists automatically by virtue of the object being published.
Everything you have will be subject to copyright.

Copyright gives the copyright holder absolute right to decide how
and whether the item is copied. No more than that. Being copyrighted
does *not* mean it is forbidden to copy it, it means that the
copyright holder has the right to decide how it is copied. The
copyright holder may give complete blanket permission to copy, as
I do with all my work.

An item may be copied without permission for fair use, study, critical
review and archiving. What you are doing is archiving. If the copyright
holder complains about you having a copy of their work without their
permission, ask them where their work is available so that you can
replace your copy with a link to the available copy. Otherwise, keep
the copy available on your own site.

> will anyone complain? I figure for some people at

If they complain, ask for a link to where their work can be found.

JGH

 

 

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