Government backs down over removal of copyright protection for unpublished works
The Government has halted a proposed move that would see law protecting the copyright of certain unpublished sound recordings up to the year 2039.
The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act protects copyright in unpublished recordings from 1957 – 1989 for the period up to 2039, at which point the works fall into the public domain.
All recordings from 1989 have 50 years of protection as unpublished works.
In a report on the matter, the Government suggested, “This is a problem ...
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