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> I'm told that the UK generally has excellent availability of government publications, though none of https://www.gov.uk https://www.gov.uk, the National Archi
by zinekeller 5y ago
> I'm told that the UK generally has excellent availability of government publications, though none of https://www.gov.uk https://www.gov.uk, the National Archives, nor the British Library seem to turn up the Factories report presently.
Since this is from 1956, its copyrights have already expired (or waived, as the case may be, see https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-May/022055.html https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2005-May/0...), so scanning it is a fair game, but if the British government (probably the National Archives) scanned the document, it would add another 25 years* to the digital version (unless released under OGL).
* At least in Britain, in the US simple photographic copies are not considered as derivative works and therefore not in copyright.
- dredmorbius 5y agoI need to check with the friend who'd said it was available. I turned up a copy through a friendly online librarian (as with the Economist article). Given the age of both publications and their rather minimal commercial value, the hoop-jumping is annoying. That said, the general availability (if not legality) of information online has absolutely exploded over the past decade or so. Abesence of copyright in published works in the US is a specific and legislated exception to exclusive rights in copyright, and applies only to the US Federal government. Not states, counties, cities, or other governmental units. And not foreign governments either. 17 USC 105(a) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105
- zinekeller 5y agoAh, okay. I forgot that bit, I've removed the erroneous section.