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Royal Mail Threatens Legal Action for Mock Stamp
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posted by scubacuda
on Wednesday June 04, @10:37AM
from the stamping-out-copyright-infringment dept.
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The Royal Mail has threatened legal action against Artrepublic for selling James Cauty's series of prints featuring the well-known bust of the Queen wearing a gas mask underneath her crown. Stuart Lockyear, a partner at law firm Davenport Lyons, said the Royal Mail seemed to have a strong case for copyright infringement. He said there was a possible defence of fair dealing, but that was generally used for literary works. Another possible route was the using the freedom of expression clause in the Human Rights Act, but that had never been tested in the UK, he said.
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