Off on the copyright tangent

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 14 May 2008, 11:45

Admin: This thread has been split off from New Portobello High School - on going issues

Bob Jefferson wrote:Copy of title deed pertaining to Portobello Park

Did you get permission to reproduce this deed, Bob? (as stated at the top of each page)

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 May 2008, 11:57

Copyright statement

The material featured on this website (www.nas.gov.uk) is subject to Crown copyright protection unless otherwise indicated.

The Crown copyright protected material may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium provided it is reproduced accurately, not used in a misleading context and is acknowledged.

I hereby acknowledge that the deed reproduced above is Crown copyright, courtesy of The National Archives of Scotland www.nas.gov.uk

That OK?

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 14 May 2008, 12:07

From the site:

"Public access to the register
The register has always been a public record, open to inspection by anyone. This was again an aspect of its function of stopping fraud. The NAS does not charge fees if you are looking at the register for family history or other historical purposes. If your interest centres on a legal matter (e.g. you are in dispute with a neighbour about the line of a boundary wall or the division of costs for a common repair) then you will have to pay legal search fees to examine the record. "

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 May 2008, 12:09

Do you have a point to make or are you just trying to cause trouble?

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 14 May 2008, 12:34

Point is very simple:
to requote the site rules:
" If your interest centres on a legal matter (e.g. you are in dispute with a neighbour about the line of a boundary wall or the division of costs for a common repair) then you will have to pay legal search fees to examine the record. "

Seems like this quilte clearly *precludes* publishing the deed.

And no, I'm not trying to cause trouble. I'm just wondering why you feel the rules don't apply to you. But I've obviously struck a nerve, so perhaps this should be the last word on the matter?

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 14 May 2008, 12:46

Perhaps the person who supplied me with this file has paid the legal search fee? Frankly, I couldn't care less. My interest in the document is for 'historical purposes'.

Admin, this exchange is off-topic. Please remove.

seashell · Post by **seashell** » 14 May 2008, 14:52

Bob Jefferson wrote:Perhaps the person who supplied me with this file has paid the legal search fee?

So, along the lines of renting a DVD and then making a copy for your mates?

Post by **wangi** » 14 May 2008, 15:11

Guys, guys... Lets not get carried away with indecipherable detail. The ROS website has a few pages on copyright and reproduction, what Bob's doing here is fine in the spirit of that.

L/

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 14 May 2008, 15:15

Is it ok to take a copy of a thread on copyright and publish it in a different sphere?

Post by **wangi** » 14 May 2008, 15:35

Yes, so long as you transclude the detail and acknowledge the superior.