New subject: [Commons-l] The British Library releases 1 million images

16 Dec 2013

Remember that while US caselaw is clear on this point, it is less clear-cut
elsewhere. We at WM tend to take a clear line that 2D reproductions are
ineligible, but it's not a guaranteed absolute truth, particularly in the
UK! We can predict how a court might rule... but they haven't yet, and
claiming copyright is a legally defensible position in many cases.

("Legally defensible" is not always "correct", of course...)

As a result, an explicit declaration is a positive thing and definitely
should not be discouraged.

A.
On 16 Dec 2013 04:57, "Robinson Tryon" &lt;bishop.robinson(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

...
  On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 8:36 PM, Gnangarra
&lt;gnangarra(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
  its more legal/copyright descriptive, that
necessitates the wording than
 just release them to the public which can still indicate they have
 restrictions 
 I guess I was just concerned that it was sending the wrong message re:
 the images, suggesting that the British Library had to put the images
 into the Public Domain because they (or some other entity) could still
 hold copyright to them.

 If it is unclear to the public that slavish reproductions of
 out-of-copyright 2D works are not themselves eligible for copyright,
 then perhaps we should work to improve that understanding. It's
 difficult for a member of the public to exercise his rights unless he
 knows to what he is entitled!

 --R

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