User:Rich Farmbrough/copyright note

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You should also remember that copyright lasts for over 50 years. Photographs taken after 1 August 1989 are protected for 70 years after the death of the photographer. There are different rules regarding older photographs depending on the relevant Copyright Act at the time they were taken. See the table below.

• Date photograph taken Length of copyright
• Before 1912 Expired
• 1 July 1912 - 1 June 1957 50 years from the end of the year in which the photograph was taken

(i.e. expired by the end of 2007).

• • =>Before 1956 Expired
• 1 June 1957 - 1 August 1989 70 years from when the negative was taken
• After 1 August 1989 70 years after the death of the photographer