Hi;

OS Crown Copyright is 50 years after date of publication if the map 
is published prior to April 1, 2015.  It is 70 years after the death 
of the last author if the map is published after April 1, 2015.

Details on the copyright is at 
https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/business-and-government/licensing/crown-copyright.html

In the past, the OS has been quite protective of its copyright, even 
pursuing the publisher of an adult video that used an OS map on the cover.

Cheers
Russell

At 11:35 AM 1/25/2017, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>There's been allot of back and forth about international copyright 
>laws.  How are map copyrights applied in Canada and the UK?  Crown 
>copyright and private map publications?  Is Rolph McNally as much a 
>stickler about copyright as Rand McNally is?  I've heard stories of 
>some map publishers inserting minor errors into their materials in 
>order to catch copyright violators.  There's one example of a non 
>existent town in the Catskills region of NY (I think)  eventually 
>becoming legit when a gas station by that name was built at that 
>specific intersection.  Back to the my main subject, any info about 
>Canadian and British copyright would be helpful.
>
>Thanks,
>Rick Grapes
>BYU Map Cataloger


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