"Papers Past" Updates Part II **complete**

[Charlie Bucket]

It's great having an obscure publication, the Maoriland Worker, on PP. Who would have thought that such a publication existed.

[craigt]

Hi Papers Past,
going back over this post, you mention the restrictions placed on your ability to digitize newspapers by copyright, and am wondering whether you could explain this, i.e how long a period this usually applies. I have often used the Wellington paper the Evening Post, it's fantastic that it goes up to 1945, is this the benchmark or could you possibly digitize beyond this date?
Cheers,
Craig.

[PapersPast]

Hi Craig -
I just drafted up a detailed reply and then decided that it looked too much like a letter from a lawyer. Pardon me if I spare you the boring details and cut to the chase:
We sought the approval of Fairfax to reproduce the Evening Post material up to 1945, so it's worth noting that this is a negotiated benchmark rather than a simple date-cutoff/expired copyright situation. We always want to respect the rights of the copyright holders so that we can build future options through having good relationships with them. It's entirely possible that we could reproduce material after this date if we are able to secure the approval of the relevant copyright holders.

[Fresh Fields]

Hi Craig.

I too was interested in the reply from PP. I recently looked into PP once again to check out titles, then decided the clipping I had, must have been from the UK.

The diary noted the name Philip GIBBS, and the DAILY CHRONICLE, in 1918.

Thanks to RC we now know he was a War time correspondant. The question now is was he on staff, or free lancing as I'm lead to believe it has an impact on copyright, should we decide we want a "proof copy" of the clipping.

The opinion, as expressed by a UK, RC member being:-
"Copyright on newspaper articles is either 70 years from UK publication if he was staff (which is long gone) or 70 years from the death of the author, if he was freelancing......."

- Alan.

[millymcb]

Hi...

Just following the interesting conversation and wishing I had relatives in NZ so I could look them up on PapersPast 

Milly

[Janette]

Hi Milly,

We are very lucky with Paperspast

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

All those little snippets we never knew about


Cheers
KHP

[PapersPast]

Hi...

Just following the interesting conversation and wishing I had relatives in NZ so I could look them up on PapersPast 

Milly

Well, it's always possible that you might have relatives that you don't know about...

[PapersPast]

Hi Craig.

I too was interested in the reply from PP. I recently looked into PP once again to check out titles, then decided the clipping I had, must have been from the UK.

The diary noted the name Philip GIBBS, and the DAILY CHRONICLE, in 1918.

Thanks to RC we now know he was a War time correspondant. The question now is was he on staff, or free lancing as I'm lead to believe it has an impact on copyright, should we decide we want a "proof copy" of the clipping.

The opinion, as expressed by a UK, RC member being:-
"Copyright on newspaper articles is either 70 years from UK publication if he was staff (which is long gone) or 70 years from the death of the author, if he was freelancing......."

- Alan.

Hi Alan -
I believe it's similar over here, with 75 from publication and 50 from date of death of the author, but this doesn't necessarily fall along the lines of staff vs freelancers.