Re: UK copyright

From: David Pierce <sunrise[_at_]dc.infi.net>
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 1996 21:50:32 -0400 (EDT)

 

Robert Madden <rmadden[_at_]keene.edu> wrote:
> >
> > 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?

On Tue, 30 Apr 1996, Mike Holderness wrote:
>
> Currently, for written works at least, it's death-of-author-plus-50.
> European Union harmonization to d-o-a+70 is due Real Soon Now.
>
> Peter Pan is a special case; Barrie donated the rights to the Hospital
> for Sick Children (St Barnado's) and someone got a set of special
> interest clauses inserted in the 1988 Act to give the Hospital perpetual
> rights (oops, you can't have a perpetuity in English law... but near as
> dammit).
 

Would the UK's continued protection for Peter Pan be respected by the other European Union countries?

David Pierce

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