Question about OPA
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:31 pm
Simple question, but for the life of me I can't work out the answer - and I've searched the archives here and everywhere else I can think of.....
The OPA makes it an offence to "publish" certain types of stuff or "to have it for gain.." - thinking here of watersports video, specifically - but is it still liable to count as an offence if the publishing, and the gain, takes the form only of selling it to a foreign company? And would there be a distinction in law, possibly, between selling the rights outright on the one hand, and on the other merely using a foreign distributor to market stuff (potentially back into the UK) from which you continued to profit directly..
And I know people will say "consult a solicitor if you want to know the law..", but are there any firms who take a particular, and informed, interest in this area? And if so can anyone suggest any (by email, if you prefer..)?
Thanks for any thoughts..
The OPA makes it an offence to "publish" certain types of stuff or "to have it for gain.." - thinking here of watersports video, specifically - but is it still liable to count as an offence if the publishing, and the gain, takes the form only of selling it to a foreign company? And would there be a distinction in law, possibly, between selling the rights outright on the one hand, and on the other merely using a foreign distributor to market stuff (potentially back into the UK) from which you continued to profit directly..
And I know people will say "consult a solicitor if you want to know the law..", but are there any firms who take a particular, and informed, interest in this area? And if so can anyone suggest any (by email, if you prefer..)?
Thanks for any thoughts..