Completely agree Jonathan. Let's hope that your
more positive scenario is
the one that happens - it's certainly what we (and I know many others,
including your good self) advocate to the sector. Best, Lucy
On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 at 11:10, WereSpielChequers <
werespielchequers(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Re: "It is certainly strange to me that some
cultural organisations
pursue image licensing as a loss making venture that also borders on
copyfraud..."
I'm hoping that museums will still want to spend money on digitising
their content. But we need to be realistic, if they can't subsidise that by
getting at least some of the money back from image licensing, they may do
less of it.
Of course rumour has it that some institutions weren't even getting as
much from image licencing as it cost them to market and sell those images.
My hope is that fewer institutions will think of digitisation in terms of
fundraising and more in terms of fulfilling their mission of preserving and
recording their collection and making their collections available to all.
But my fear is that there will be more items that can only be seen if
visited and the only available images are photos of the painting on mugs
and jigsaws from the museum shop.
Jonathan
On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 14:39, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk>
wrote:
On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 09:39, Deryck Chan
<deryckchan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm slightly confused by the article. It refers to THJ vs Sheridan
(2023)
but that ruling was about software-generated
graphs and said nothing
about reproducing out-of-copyright content?
It doesn't need to. It clarifies the conditions under which a
copyright is created; the subject matter is immaterial.
See paragraphs 14-16 ("The Law"), in particular:
"What is required [for copyright to exist] is that the author was able
to express their creative abilities in the production of the work by
making free and creative choices so as to stamp the work created with
their
personal touch [...] This criterion is not satisfied where the content
of the work is dictated by technical considerations, rules or other
constraints which leave no room for creative freedom"
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