Research into Local Authority Copyright Policies (2 March 2010)

The purpose of this paper is to review the website copyright policies of the 434 UK local authorities. Survey data will be used to identify trends in the types of policy employed, and the effects of the re-use regulations.

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Date: 24 February 2010

Author: Matthew Pearce of The National Archives, UK

Pages: 11

Contents

1. Introduction

1.1 Scope

1.2 Methodology

2. Terminology

2.1 Policy categories

2.2 Other markers

3. Findings

3.1 Policies by type

3.2 Policies open for non commercial re-use

3.3 Policies which mention 're-use'

3.4 Policies open for non-commercial use which mention 're-use'

3.5 Use of exceptions in policies

4. Other observations

5. Conclusions

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