NPG claims that Dcoetzee would be liable for the infringement resultant from him posting the photos on Commons. So, the reuse is a copyvio and reuse of that is a copyvio and reuse of that... So it's not clear that even removing the images would do anything to protect him.
Furthermore (and in a bizarre distortion of anything reasonable), NPG actually claims copyright on photos that individual visitors take. So, copyright on PD works is only OK if they own it... now that's just ridiculous. I'm not sure appeasing them is possible or even a good idea; this seems totally irrational and vindictive and furthermore contrary to their mission as a public institution.
-Mike
On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 22:32 -0400, Nathan wrote:
If Dcoetzee complies with the request made in the letter from the NPG, and some other user from the U.S. (having previously made copies of the images at issue) uploads them again, what recourse would the NPG have wrt its database rights and TOS claims?
Nathan