On 4/11/06, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/11/06, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I can legally scan any image in the book and place it on Wikipedia. I do not need to assume the validity of Bridgeman v. Corel in order to do so.
Perhaps but you do need to in order to tag it correctly.
In that, if there is ever a legal decision that permits copyright for slavish reproductions of 2D art, I need to explicitly release my scan into the public domain (or other Wikipedia-approved licensing) as well? Noted.
-Matt, who was going to make a snarky comment then realised you had a point