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Old 12th Oct 2018, 3:55 pm   #37
emeritus
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Default Re: Unfair use of service manuals

The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, section 15.

"Copyright in the typographical arrangement of a published edition expires at the end of the period of 25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the edition was published."

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/48/section/15

My understanding is that this only gives protection to the typography. It does not give any protection to the words of the text of the work which, if out of copyright, you would be free to transcribe.

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