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- July 1984 - August 1985 (Creation)
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1 file
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Records sent to the Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) Editorial Committee (of which Ken Dodd was a member) primarily concerning legal action taken by Newspaper Publishers Association (NPA) clients against Finsbury Data Services Ltd (FDS) for the infringement of their copyright in FDS' Textline and Newsline services, July 1984 - August 1985.
Includes: a Textline order form, nd; a list of North American Textline clients, nd; lists of Textline global coverage, nd; Textline newsletter, July 1984; Textline press release announcing new sources relating to the Middle East, the Far East, Australia, USSR, Africa and Eastern Europe, nd; legal correspondence concerning copyright infringement and the Textline and Newsline Services, December 1984 - July 1985; timeline of Textline/Newsline legal action, February 1985 and updates of developments, April 1985; minutes of the meetings of the NPA Editorial Committee held on 8 March 1985, 28 March 1985 and 24 April 1985; statement of claim in the case between the Guardian and Manchester Evening News (plaintiffs) and FDS (defendants), May 1985; notes and minutes of meetings between the NPA and FDS held to discuss royalty proposals and the payment of legal costs, May 1985 - July 1985 and a possible copyright infringement by BIS Infomat, August 1985.
Creator: Guardian Newspapers Limited; Editor's Office; Kenneth Dodd
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Subject to access restrictions in line with the Data Protection Act and confidentiality.
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Open(part)