I believe there is a push for a major overhaul of UK copyright law, mainly to correct anomalies which have been recently introduced.
On 23/06/2011 21:25, geni wrote:
On 23 June 2011 21:05, Andy Mabbettandy@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote:
With respect, no. We need to persuade our legislators to change copyright law so this doesn't happen.
Best we can tell goverments love copyright consultations but don't seem to be interested actual changes to the law rather than enforcement.
But then, if that happens, what incentive will there be for institutions to take and document such images?
I find it hard to believe that money is really much of a motivator at this point. I really doubt there is much of a market for this stuff. A lot of it is pretty meh 18th and early 19th century stuff and even the stuff in areas I know well I haven't seen before which means people aren't out there buying it.