Copyright for Archivists and Records Managers

About this book

Outlines copyright law in the UK with special reference to materials relevant to archive and records collections such as maps, legal records, records of local authorities and those of churches and faiths.

Contents

*#originality, in particular in new editions of old works *#international copyright and qualification by country of origin *#university staff, academics and students *#Crown and Parliamentary copyright, and public sector information * licences, assignments and contracts *#'orphan' works *#exhibition *#electronic signatures and declaration forms *#records management *#digital rights management systems *#magistrates' courts *#Ordnance Survey maps *#electoral registers *#databases *#performers' and artists' rights, registered designs and privacy.

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Biography

Tim Padfield MA(Cantab) LLM(London) is an Information Policy Consultant at The National Archives. He is chair of the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance, a member of the Museums Copyright Group executive committee, and copyright adviser to the Society of Archivists.