On 23 October 2010 11:07, Michael Peel email@mikepeel.net wrote:
Basically, they only have a problem with people that take commercial photographs from their property. Which is an interesting question: taking photographs for Wikipedia means that they are available for commercial use, so should we be asking uploaders to make sure they have permission to release their photographs commercially?
I believe asking nicely is considered the right thing to do. Another example is the V&A, who have a similar house rule but have been amenable to Wikimedia exposure in the past.
Of course, if someone does take a picture without permission, they still own the copyright and English Heritage or whoever would then have to consider suing them. But house rules do not change copyright law.
- d.