2008/12/26 WJhonson@aol.com:
OMG... THIS is what you are screaming about? Silly silly silly boy. They DO have a copyright to the PHOTOGRAPH you bazooka. They do NOT have a copyright to the plain text. *Throws up hands* Next non-issue please. You cannot copy their IMAGE, you can copy the text obviously.
Not in the US:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgeman_Art_Library_Ltd._v._Corel_Corporation
Possibly in the UK. Case law is not entirely clear, basically no-one wants to go first.
Tthough in the case of the National Portrait Gallery, Wikipedia long ago said "Make my day." And the V&A has endorsed us getting photos of lots of their stuff, see [[WP:WLART]], so the attempt to impose such conditions may come to be seen as being as odious as it is.
- d.