The copyright point came up at a recent training event I attended. It is good that there is now solid UK case law to support our way.
 
For the technical obstructions sometimes put in place of downloading, I suppose it would take statute law to shift those.
 
Charles
On 29/12/2023 21:19 GMT Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
 
 
Excellent news. Thanks for sharing Andy. 
 
Best
Lucy

On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 at 19:57, Andy Mabbett <andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
A recent Court of Appeal (England and Wales) case has clarified that
there is no new copyright in photographs reproducing 2D artworks that
are themselves in the public domain - and that (as many of us have
argued) this has been the case since at least 2009.

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/29/court-of-appeal-ruling-will-prevent-uk-museums-from-charging-reproduction-feesat-last

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