On 8 July 2012 16:10, Adam Cuerden cuerden@gmail.com wrote:
Got it. You're going to stick your fingers in your ears and pretend there's no possibility of sweat-of-the-brow copyright - because if you think a law *might* be invalid, you can break it with impunity. I'm sure that works really well, and never ends with you getting arrested.
The law is not computer programming, and people can sue you for anything or nothing. Per Fae's link, the sweat of the brow doctrine has been *significantly weakened* in the UK in just the past few months.
I appreciate that restoration is actually hard work and there's a strong moral argument that credit is the right thing for it, but it's not a matter of copyright unless and until you can make it stick.
In any case, your persuasive skills will definitely get you everything you could ever want, and you should certainly continue in your present manner. Remember: you catch more flies with napalm than honey.
- d.