Can I publish old family diaries and letters, or extracts from them?
9/06/2009 Material such as old family diaries and letters may still be protected by copyright, even though it may be very old. Copyright in unpublished material can last indefinitely. You might therefore only be able to publish this type of material with permission or in situations covered by a special exception to infringement.
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