Copyright and Ownership information
The copyright in all the items on this website whether it be a photograph, photo-illustration, graphic design, painting, collage, animation, film or any other work of any kind including the written word belongs to me, Ian F. Williams. I retain the copyright in all my work and it is protected wheresoever published in accordance with the United Kingdom Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. I am a member of the Design & Artists Copyright Society and below is their explanation of UK copyright protection.
Copyright Protection and Remedies for Infringement
Copyright protection is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which came into force on 1 August 1989. It has since been extended and amended by various regulations including the Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations which took effect from 1 January 1996 and the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 which came into force on 1 December 1996.
What is protected by Copyright?
Copyright does not protect ideas. It is commonly said that it protects the expression or form that ideas take. The works that are protected by copyright are:
• Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works. Artistic works include graphic works, photographs engravings, sculptures, collages, works of architecture including buildings or models for buildings and works of artistic craftsmanship.
• Sound recordings, films, broadcasts or cable programmes and
• Typographical arrangements of published editions. When a work contains a combination of elements – for example a multimedia art work, multiple copyrights can exist in the work to protect its separate elements.
What is Copyright?
Copyright is a bundle of rights which allows the owner of the copyright in a work to prevent any other person from doing various things with the work without his or her consent. This includes copying the work (which would include any form of copying such as printing, or including it in a film or making a copy of a drawing), performing the work, broadcasting or transmitting by cable a copy of the work and issuing such copies to the public or distributing copies. Issuing copies to the public includes anything done by electronic transmission. So the right applies to posting works on the internet. In relation to artistic works copying includes making a copy in three dimensions of a two-dimensional work and vice versa. There are certain exceptions and exemptions to copyright protection to allow fair use and fair dealing with works.
How long does Copyright Protection last?
Copyright for literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works lasts for the creators life plus 70 years from the end of the year in which he or she died. This period of protection applies throughout the European Economic Area. Other territories may give shorter periods of protection but usually not less than life of the creator plus 50 years. There are some special provisions which apply to older unpublished works. Sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programmes are protected for 50 years from the date of making or the date of release if the release occurs within the first 50 years. Copyright in typographical arrangements of a published edition lasts for 25 years from the end of the year in which the edition was first published.
For further information:
FILMS
I am the originator, creator and copyright owner of the following films: Time Gate to Egypt; Slot Car Boogie; Barnstormers; Andromeda Rescue Mission; Thunder Drive and Earthquake Escape. If you do not hold a licence signed by me or a sub-licence that does not link to me and you use my films for any purpose whatsoever including revenue generation, marketing and publicity then you are in breach of my copyright. If you find yourself in this position contact me to resolve the situation - when necessary I always prosecute for breach of copyright and non-payment of royalties.
Copyright Protection and Remedies for Infringement
Copyright protection is regulated in the United Kingdom by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, which came into force on 1 August 1989. It has since been extended and amended by various regulations including the Duration of Copyright and Rights in Performances Regulations which took effect from 1 January 1996 and the Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 1996 which came into force on 1 December 1996.
What is protected by Copyright?
Copyright does not protect ideas. It is commonly said that it protects the expression or form that ideas take. The works that are protected by copyright are:
• Literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works. Artistic works include graphic works, photographs engravings, sculptures, collages, works of architecture including buildings or models for buildings and works of artistic craftsmanship.
• Sound recordings, films, broadcasts or cable programmes and
• Typographical arrangements of published editions. When a work contains a combination of elements – for example a multimedia art work, multiple copyrights can exist in the work to protect its separate elements.
What is Copyright?
Copyright is a bundle of rights which allows the owner of the copyright in a work to prevent any other person from doing various things with the work without his or her consent. This includes copying the work (which would include any form of copying such as printing, or including it in a film or making a copy of a drawing), performing the work, broadcasting or transmitting by cable a copy of the work and issuing such copies to the public or distributing copies. Issuing copies to the public includes anything done by electronic transmission. So the right applies to posting works on the internet. In relation to artistic works copying includes making a copy in three dimensions of a two-dimensional work and vice versa. There are certain exceptions and exemptions to copyright protection to allow fair use and fair dealing with works.
How long does Copyright Protection last?
Copyright for literary, dramatic, musical and artistic works lasts for the creators life plus 70 years from the end of the year in which he or she died. This period of protection applies throughout the European Economic Area. Other territories may give shorter periods of protection but usually not less than life of the creator plus 50 years. There are some special provisions which apply to older unpublished works. Sound recordings, films, broadcasts and cable programmes are protected for 50 years from the date of making or the date of release if the release occurs within the first 50 years. Copyright in typographical arrangements of a published edition lasts for 25 years from the end of the year in which the edition was first published.
For further information:
FILMS
I am the originator, creator and copyright owner of the following films: Time Gate to Egypt; Slot Car Boogie; Barnstormers; Andromeda Rescue Mission; Thunder Drive and Earthquake Escape. If you do not hold a licence signed by me or a sub-licence that does not link to me and you use my films for any purpose whatsoever including revenue generation, marketing and publicity then you are in breach of my copyright. If you find yourself in this position contact me to resolve the situation - when necessary I always prosecute for breach of copyright and non-payment of royalties.