Great to see the movement on this! My experience in the museums sector during my MGS
residency in 2015-2016 taught me that these kinds of moves are much more significant that
we sometimes realise in terms of organisational culture, and I would wholeheartedly
support the notion that this is the most that could be asked of them at this point.
Sara Thomas
[[User:lirazelf]]
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Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Copyfraud by the British Museum
Dear all
I've heard back from Tullie House Museum and they are changing the no photography
signs on the exhibition to remove the word copyright. However my understanding is that
they do have a restriction on photography for the items loaned by the British Museum. My
feeling is that this is the most we can ask Tullie House at this point, but that it
highlights the need for continued advocacy about copyright and licensing issues to the
cultural sector generally, and to the BM more specifically.
Best
Lucy
On 31 August 2017 at 10:28, Lucy Crompton-Reid
<lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk>>
wrote:
Hi Fae
You may not have seen my message to this list a few weeks ago that I had been in touch
with the Director at Tullie House Museum, who thinks the copyright notice may be a mistake
on their part - however he needed to check with the curator responsible who was on holiday
at the time. I suspect the curator will be back now so this is a timely reminder to chase
this up, which I will do!
Cheers
Lucy
On 30 August 2017 at 19:50, Fæ <faewik@gmail.com<mailto:faewik@gmail.com>>
wrote:
Ping :-)
It's been over a month, does anyone know if the Tullie House Museum
has removed the misleading copyright notices?
If there has been no contact yet, I'd be happy to send off a letter as
a long term Wikimedia Commons volunteer to the BM and the THM for an
official response that I can add to the record on Commons.
Thanks,
Fae
On 28 July 2017 at 13:34, Lucy Crompton-Reid
<lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:lucy.crompton-reid@wikimedia.org.uk>>
wrote:
Hi Fae, Andy, and all
I agree that trying to apply copyright to a 2000 year old item is pretty
outrageous, although I'm going to suppose that it stems from ignorance
rather than anything else. We have some contacts at the BM although I'm not
sure about Tullie House Museum, however I'm happy to contact both
institutions, in the first instance, to give them the opportunity to correct
this. I'll let you know how I get on.
Cheers
Lucy
On 28 July 2017 at 13:24, Andy Mabbett
<andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk<mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk>> wrote:
On 28 July 2017 at 13:11, Richard Nevell
<richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk<mailto:richard.nevell@wikimedia.org.uk>>
wrote:
Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is
misguided and certainly
would
not build bridges for future collaboration.
Perhaps, but as Fae indicates, it might also cause some movement.
What's your - WMUK's, I mean - alternative proposed action?
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