[WikiEN-l] Copyright question

[Carcharoth]

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 2:35 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/7/18 Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com>:
>
>> What is most striking to my mind in this issue of
>> use of images, is how the status quo differs from
>> that with regard to _texts_.
>
>
> Yes. One has to keep in mind, of course, that the NPG is qualitatively
> different to most museums, and behaves much more like Gollum with the
> One Ring. My *precioussss.*
>
> This anonymous comment on the WMF blog was interesting:
>
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/07/16/protecting-the-public-domain-and-sharing-our-cultural-heritage/#comment-1416
>
>
> #  A Publisher Says:
> July 17th, 2009 at 22:58
>
> Excuse me for not posting under my real name, but I’m a publisher of
> academic books in the UK, and I don’t want to embarrass my employers,
> since I’m not speaking on behalf of the firm.

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Thanks for posting that, David. It was a fascinating read!

Carcharoth