2006-11-20 08:08:36 · 8 answers · asked by Anne R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'm pretty sure you'll be okay!
To put it simply ... in most of the world copyright lasts for the life of the author plus 50 years, or for works created after 1974, plus 70 years.
As Rudyard Kipling died in January 1936, you'd just about be legal even if the copyright lasted a full 70 years after his death ... but as his work was created pre-1970's you should have no problems at all.
Photocopying the pages of a book, is, in one sense, making use of someone else's layout skills - but I doubt the publishers would be overly bothered if you're not making money from the copies. If you want total peace of mind, then type out your own copy of the work and photocopy that.
2006-11-20 08:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Copying is allowed if:
the work is out of copyright; or
the copying is done in accordance with the terms of the Copyright Act; or
the copying is done in accordance with the terms of a Licence which the University holds.
Published works remain in copyright throughout the author's lifetime and for a further 70 years after his/her death.
This is the length of time for which content remains in copyright. However, there is also typographic copyright, which lasts for 25 years after a book is published. Thus, the content of a work may be out of copyright but its typography may still be in copyright.
The main type of copying which can be done under the terms of the Copyright Act is photocopying for your own non-commercial research or private study.
Under the provisions of Section 29 of the Act, and provided that it is for your own non-commercial research or private study, you can photocopy a 'fair' amount of a book or journal. This copying can be done under what are known as the 'fair dealing' provisions of the Act.
Unfortunately, the Act does not specify what proportion of a book or journal is considered to be a 'fair' amount. Guidelines issued by the British Copyright Council in the past have suggested that copying up to 5% or one chapter, whichever is greater, from a book should be considered to be fair. It has similarly been suggested that copying one article from any one issue of a journal should be considered to be fair. (This suggestion allows you to photocopy more than one article from the same journal, provided that all the articles are from different issues of the journal.)
2006-11-20 08:18:58 · answer #2 · answered by mrs mylan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Strictly speaking, I suppose the publisher of the book would still have copyright. However, under the circumstances, coupled with the fact that they won't know ... Mr Kipling (he does write exceedingly good stories) won't mind, I'm sure.
2006-11-20 08:12:32 · answer #3 · answered by Stephen L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well if it is a private function then yes..you ar not trying to make money from the actual copies. Check this just in case, but i think it should be fine schools and classes do this sort of thing all the time
2006-11-20 23:46:26 · answer #4 · answered by Estee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definitely have the whole works of Kipling, and no i did not discover it terrifying as a newborn! I hated snakes earlier I examine it after determining on up a king snake in our backyard and having it chew me many times. I hated snakes and those dang cobras and that lil dirt coloured snake all deserved the wrath of the mongoose!
2016-10-22 10:42:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out the link below, it will give you all the info on copyright law.
http://www.patent.gov.uk/
2006-11-20 19:17:28 · answer #6 · answered by David 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As long as you cite your source.
2006-11-20 08:14:16 · answer #7 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if your copy machine works!
Seriously, if you're worried about copyrights, you're probably in the clear, as long as you don't charge money for them.
2006-11-20 08:10:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋