in the US they dont, and since thats where WMF servers are thats the rules that apply for us.
regards
mark
2009/1/30 AndrewRT <raturvey@yahoo.co.uk>:
> My knowledge of copyright law is limited, but surely if the BBCProbably.
> creates a photograph of an object which is in the public domain, they
> still own the copyright to the photograph?
In the US, this doesn't apply. In the UK... it probably does, but
there isn't much recent caselaw AIUI and if someone took it to court
it could potentially go either way. I'd bet on the court ruling for
them retaining the rights, though.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray@dunelm.org.uk
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