Robert J. Madden of Keene State College writes:
>
> We have been asked by a faculty member what the duration of copyright
> is in the United Kingdom. I have seen some statements here in the past,
> including the fact that some works (Peter Pan & the King James Bible)
> enjoy perpetual copyright protection. Are there others, and what is the
> general length of protection?
Copyright in print materials (author known, etc.) is life-of-author plus 70 years.
The 70 years change was effective 1 January 1996. For works which came into the public domain in the last 20 years because the old rule was "life plus 50", their copyright has re-entered private hands (under a set of rules to control the change) and continue as if the "life plus 70" had always been in place.
Ron B. Thomson
Chair
Canadian Copyright Institute
thomson[_at_]epas.utoronto.ca
Received on Tue Apr 30 1996 - 13:24:36 GMT
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