Copyright

[Maiwand]

My name is Martin McIntyre and I am a Volunteer researcher for a Regimental Museum in England (Royal Gloucestershire, Berkshire and Wiltshire Regt Museum, Salisbury). The Museum which is a registered charity has deceided to make its extensive photographic collection avalible to the public and in order to achive this I have volunteered to produce the photographic histories on behalf of the Museum. My first one on the Royal Berkshire Regiment came out recently. I am now progressing the project and I am covering the Victorian Army. In order to bring some of these images alive I would like to quote from Kipling (No more than a few lines). I have been told if I do so I could be breaching some sort of copyright law etc. Can anyone who has been through this help in any way, or at least point us in the right direction. We are not proffessionals in this field, just old soldiers who have a strong interest in our Regiments past. As a point of interest Kipling visited the Royal Berkshire Regt in Burmuda in about 1896. After that visit he produced a ballad called 'That Day' about the Battle of Maiwand where the Regiment were all but wiped out.
Any assistance on copyright rules would be appreciated. It is not a profit making exercise.

Many thanks

Mac

[Bongitybongbong]

Well..as long as you give Kipling some respect, (put the writing from Kipling in quotes and after just put his name) and you'll be fine.

[Logos]

Hello Mac, welcome to the forums!

What a great project you are working on I wish you all the best with it.

I believe that if one is quoting the works of someone deceased by at least 50 years, with proper citation, and not in it's entirety, and not for profit, there is no penalty.


This link (http://copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law) seems to go into great detail as to UK copywrite laws, which I am not familiar with.

There are also a few UK'ers on these forums who may be able to help you better. :)

[Maiwand]

Dear Logos & Bongo
Many thanks for your very helpful responses, I thought this would not be a big problem but I will go to the site suggested and check it out. I think Kipling would be more than happy to be linked to the men he met in 96.

Many thanks

MAC

[Logos]

Absolutely.

I think the biggest copyright issues are when someone is trying to pass off another's work as their own, plagiarising.

Maybe a quick note to the
Kipling Society (http://www.kipling.org.uk/) would help dispell any concerns you have :)



I think Kipling would be more than happy to be linked to the men he met in 96.

[Nightshade]

Actually because of ties with the USa the law is authors life and 70 years if the work was published after febuary 1928 anything before that unless the copyright has be renewed by the family or copyright holder is in public domain.

Mind you even if it is still copyrighted all you need to do I think is ask permission and acknowledge him

[mono]

How noble of you to ask, Maiwand.
As others mentioned, anyway, yes, as long as you give the wonderul Rudyard Kipling some kind of recognition (even by saying something simple, like "Kipling once wrote . . ."), you have nothing to worry.
Good luck! :)