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 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 wrote:
On 28 July 2017 at 13:11, Richard Nevell 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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