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    What is copyright?

    Crown copyright

    All work the Land Registry creates is protected by Crown copyright and or database rights in the UK and is also protected elsewhere in the world through international treaties. We control the copyright to our work under delegated authority from the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office (who is also Director of the Office for Public Sector Information (OPSI)). You may not reproduce, adapt or translate our material in any way (including electronically, by photocopying or recording) without our permission.

    Material from other organisations.

    Some of the material we publish contains copyright material belonging to others for instance Ordnance Survey. Such material is protected by Crown copyright and also by the copyright of those organisations. Our material usually makes it clear when this is the case. To re-use this material you must obtain their permission in addition to ours.

    Period of protection

    Crown copyright exists in everything that we create for 125 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is created. If the material is commercially published within 75 years of it being created it is protected for 50 years from the end of the year it was commercially published. If our material is no longer protected there are no requirements to obtain our permission before copying the material. However, you may not reproduce our brand, you must still show an acknowledgement to us and you may not pass off the material as being from us. Again, please contact us for advice if you are unsure.