I am producing an edited document book based on letters from the Australian National Archives. Should I get copyright permission from the archives?
The archives probably do not own the copyright in these letters. If they have never been published before, the copyright resides with the author of them (no matter who owns the physical piece of paper). If the author is dead, then the copyright is owned by the descendants of the author and you need to seek their permission. If the letters have been published before, then copyright elapsed fifty years after the death of the author.
The archives probably do not own the copyright in these letters. If they have never been published before, the copyright resides with the author of them (no matter who owns the physical piece of paper). If the author is dead, then the copyright is owned by the descendants of the author and you need to seek their permission. If the letters have been published before, then copyright elapsed 70 years after the death of the author.
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