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Writers Protest
Below is a letter that appeared in the Western Mail on 24 October 2007, signed by writers, adding further weight to the debate instigated by the Academi.
SIR – The National Library of Wales is currently digitising 90 Welsh periodicals and magazines. This project, Welsh Journals Online, aims to provide “free, online, searchable access” to complete runs of such titles as Barddas and Poetry Wales.
| SAM ADAMS JOHN BARNIE DESMOND BARRY GILLIAN CLARKE ANNE CLUYSENAAR TONY CURTIS STEVIE DAVIES MARIA DONOVAN MENNA ELFYN CHRISTINE EVANS CATHERINE FISHER MATTHEW FRANCIS PHILIP GROSS PAUL GROVES GRAHAM HARTILL PAUL HENRY JEREMY HOOKER MIKE JENKINS NIGEL JENKINS CYRIL JONES STEPHEN KNIGHT GWYNETH LEWIS MALCOLM LEWIS HILARY LLYWELLYN-WILLIAMS GARETH MILES | JAN MORRIS TONY CONRAN LYNNE REES DEBORAH KAY DAVIES RICHARD MARGGRAF TURLEY GRAHAM MORT LLWYD OWEN HUGH ADAMS LESLEY GRANT-ADAMSON ANN RUFFELL TESSA HADLEY LEO AYLEN KATE NOAKES ROGER GRANELLI SHEENAGH PUGH PHIL CARRADICE HARRISON SOLOW MARIO UMBERTO FIORILLO CLARE MORGAN SALLY ROBERTS JONES MIKE PARKER EIFION JENKINS FFLUR DAFYDD JOHN WILLIAMS WENDY COPE IFOR DAVIES | PATRICK MCGUINNESS | |
For further information on the Copyright Debate click here.
Should the Writers of Wales be paid for the digitisation of their work? Andrew Green, Librarian at the National Library of Wales responds to the Copyright Debate here.