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Theo Clarke wrote:
My understanding from museum and gallery folks is that
the
photography is a creative act. This is substantiated by the
variations that are possible in the representation of the object (if
only variations of intensity and hue). In the case of the page with
the ruler and scale, the placing of those elements is a matter of
selection so the image involves demonstrable creativity. So, the
image depicted on the page of the book is out of copyright but any
reproduction of that image can be copyright. Most museums have a
fiduciary duty to their trustees to protect the assets of the museum;
this includes intellectual property.
And yet, we have lots of works by artists which have been photographed
from galleries (eg. a whole bunch of stuff by Vincent van Gogh) on
Commons, and whoever provided those images hasn't come after us with
pitchforks and scythes yet...
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