Leader The Grey Area Of Copyright Law Discouraged Legal Action Over Great Notley, Says Christine Murray

摘要

As the photographs in our 'spot the difference' news story reveal (see page 12-13), Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) was justifiably rankled by the addition of Bryant Harvey Partnership Architects' (BHP's) lookalike building at Great Notley Primary School in Essex. AHMM even considered taking legal action for copyright infringement, but the obfuscating nature of copyright law, mottled with grey areas when it comes to architecture, prevented it from pursuing the case, as the outcome would have been an expensive gamble.