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The UK is bringing some copyright law in line with the EU, eg they just ruled that reproductions of out of copyright pictures do not create a new copyright, unl
by justincormack 11y ago
The UK is bringing some copyright law in line with the EU, eg they just ruled that reproductions of out of copyright pictures do not create a new copyright, unlike what some museums like to tell you. This might be related, certainly design is more protected in eg France than in the UK, not sure though.
- Doctor_Fegg 11y ago> they just ruled that reproductions of out of copyright pictures do not create a new copyright That's great news. Do you have a link?
- justincormack 11y agoSee http://hyperallergic.com/261496/uk-affirms-that-photographs-of-public-domain-art-are-fair-use/ http://hyperallergic.com/261496/uk-affirms-that-photographs-...
- Piskvorrr 11y ago[citation-needed] - I have yet to see such abomination as mandated by EU. (OTOH, there's always the convenient excuse of "we don't like this either, but the Evil Union is forcing us to do this, we have no choice!!!")