***Squiffy,this is an area that could be quite time consuming,for example Frog dispersed their interests far and wide to people like Hasegawa and Soviet kit manufacturers etc,the instructions would then become the respective property of these shadow manufacturers,in many cases the moulds still exist and limited runs appear from time to time under various names some of which are obscure,the 25 year rule applies only if the manufacturer has not bothered to re-establish the copyrights,a bit like patents that expire.
So really there is no hard and fast rule here,it depends on many factors some of which are highlighted above,but the copyrights still apply even if the kits are non current,it is a highly complex area with no easy solution.
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Originally Posted by squiffythewombat hi uncivil, thanks for the input, yes im fully aware of the copywrite issues, but having been in the book industry/graphic design i know a little about this. Its the old instructions for companies long since gone that i dont quite understand (nor can find through googling) |