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Newspaper copyright

Author:

Fergus O'Rourke

Date:

Friday, 15th Jul 2005 11:01

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As a lawyer, I should know the answer to this, but I don't.

Are the classified advertisements in newspapers copyright ?

For example, could someone legitimately reproduce on a website all the ads seeking buyers for, say, BMW 5-series in today's papers ?

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	Newspaper copyright
	As a lawyer, I should know the answer to this, but I don't. Are the classified advertisements in newspapers copyright ? For ...

Fergus O'Rourke

15/07/05 11:01

32645

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	Under the Uk Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, there is copyright in a "literary work" which covers a "typographical arrangement" ...

Lari Law

20/07/05 01:53

32674

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	The copyright in an advertisement in a newspaper can belong either to the Newspaper or the person placing the advertisement ...

Malcolm Kendall

19/07/05 14:40

32669

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	I came across this question a while ago when a client was setting up a net based recruitment service. The ...

Brian steel

19/07/05 14:25

32667

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	Not surprised he has been threatened! He certainly breached copyright in copying the photo. The newspaper owners would ...

david syme

19/07/05 16:58

32671

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	As far as I know, copyright exists in all publications, whatever the purpose or intention of the creator, unless copyright ...

Atalanta

19/07/05 11:16

32662

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	Wouldn't the author of a classified ad. have the same rights as an author of any other copy? And isn't ...

Philip Sidaway

18/07/05 15:14

32659

	Re: Newspaper copyright
	That really is an interesting question. If someone writes the advert and then pays for it to go into the paper ...

david syme

19/07/05 14:13

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	Re: Newspaper copyright
	I just checked the online "classifieds" page at my local (Canadian) newspaper. There's a very clear copyright notice: Legal Notice: Contents ...

Tom Edge

19/07/05 16:17

32670

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