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The Common Room / Copyright of wills query
« on: Tuesday 01 May 07 11:00 BST (UK) »
Can I just ask a fairly general question?
How does copyright work for wills? If I buy an image from National Archives then they hold the copyright for the image I presume. Does that mean that I can make my own transcription and include it on a webpage if I want?
What about a transcription purchased from an archive? I seem to remember that before Derbyshire Records Office would sell me one I had to sign that I would not copy/sell it etc.
So where would that leave an abstract made from a bought transcription? Would it be OK to put that on the internet?
And finally, what about abstracts already on an archive's site?
What is OK, not OK, and grey-but-everyone-does-it?
Thanks for views on this.
How does copyright work for wills? If I buy an image from National Archives then they hold the copyright for the image I presume. Does that mean that I can make my own transcription and include it on a webpage if I want?
What about a transcription purchased from an archive? I seem to remember that before Derbyshire Records Office would sell me one I had to sign that I would not copy/sell it etc.
So where would that leave an abstract made from a bought transcription? Would it be OK to put that on the internet?
And finally, what about abstracts already on an archive's site?
What is OK, not OK, and grey-but-everyone-does-it?
Thanks for views on this.