www.kwikbid.co.uk - Auction Forum Chat

MrD

Hi,

www.kwikbid.co.uk is a new uk online auction site which is offering a free trial ( no fees ). Very Happy

Kwikbid is linked to the Saddington Car Boot sale www.carboot.info

Saddington is a giant car boot sale (500 booters regularly) open April to October which has been running since 1992, (the bad weather has promted the organisers to open an online carboot www.myonlinecarboot.co.uk)

Kwikbid is also linked to the computer fair site www.ukfairs.net

Looks good and its free

Enthusiast

As someone who buys quite a bit online & sometimes sells a few things too, I'm always interested in new sites. So I duly trotted off and looked at the kwikbid site. But unfortunately it is like dozens of other wannabees, no clue as to who runs it and less than half a dozen items listed. These seem to be DVD's listed by one seller who appears to have an extremely hazy knowledge of UK copyright law (which is entirely different to US law by the way).

It might be useful to briefly set out what this is, and it should be noted that it differs greatly according to whether the original is a book, a sound recording, a film or something else:

Duration of copyright

The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration as;

1. For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works

70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.

If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available.
2. Sound Recordings and broadcasts

50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was created, or,

if the work is released within that time: 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first released.
3. Films

70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last principal director, author or composer dies.

If the work is of unknown authorship: 70 years from end of the calendar year of creation, or if made available to the public in that time, 70 years from the end of the year the film was first made available.
4. Typographical arrangement of published editions

25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.
5. Broadcasts and cable programmes

50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made.