[Foundation-l] About that "sue and be damned" to the National Portrait Gallery ...

[Mike.lifeguard]

NPG claims that Dcoetzee would be liable for the infringement resultant
from him posting the photos on Commons. So, the reuse is a copyvio and
reuse of that is a copyvio and reuse of that... So it's not clear that
even removing the images would do anything to protect him.

Furthermore (and in a bizarre distortion of anything reasonable), NPG
actually claims copyright on photos that individual visitors take. So,
copyright on PD works is only OK if they own it... now that's just
ridiculous. I'm not sure appeasing them is possible or even a good idea;
this seems totally irrational and vindictive and furthermore contrary to
their mission as a public institution.

-Mike

On Fri, 2009-07-10 at 22:32 -0400, Nathan wrote:

> If Dcoetzee complies with the request made in the letter from the NPG, and
> some other
> user from the U.S. (having previously made copies of the images at issue)
> uploads them
> again, what recourse would the NPG have wrt its database rights and TOS
> claims?
> 
> Nathan
>