In article , wrote: > "Martin Underwood" wrote in message > news:44467342$0$23169$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net... > > Dave Pickles wrote in message 44465de3$0$210$db0fefd9@news.zen.co.uk: > > > >> Martin Underwood wrote: > >> > >>> By the way, what is the current period for things like OS maps: when > >>> will maps published in the 1950s come out of copyright? > >> > >> 50 years from the end of the year of publication, so anything with a (C) > >> 1955 or earlier is now out of copyright. > >> > >> http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/oswebsite/freefun/geofacts/geo0303.html > >> > >> However that only applies to the original published map. A copy or > >> transcription can acquire its own copyright and start the clock ticking > >> again. > > > > OK. So it's legal for me to post scanned copies that I make from an > > original OS map, if the map has a publication date of 1955 or earlier? As > > luck would have it, the two maps I'm thinking of say "Printed and > > published by the Ordnance Survey 1954". > > > > One scary thing: the cost of the maps in 1954 was 3/- (15 pence). My more > > recent maps of the same area, dated 1993, cost £4.25. So that's an > > increase of (425-15)/15 = 2733% in 39 years or an average of 70% annual > > inflation! > Actually it turns out to be close to 8.9%. Still a lot, but within reason. Less than books. Typical paperbacks that I purchased in the late 60s cost 2/6 - and now would be 6 or 7 pounds. -- John Cartmell john@ followed by finnybank.com 0845 006 8822 Qercus magazine FAX +44 (0)8700-519-527 www.finnybank.com Qercus - the best guide to RISC OS computing