Re: Academics and coursepacks

I might have missed it, but has anyone mentioned section 8 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which gives the publisher copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition for 25 years from first publication? Hardly the most important incident of copyright, granted, but it may be to the point in this discussion.

I have always understood it is something unique to the UK, though presumably those countries that closely follow our legislation (eg Ireland, many commonwealth countries, Israel and perhaps even the US?) may have it too. It would be interesting to know what other countries' laws say.

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