[Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls
Anthony
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Tue Oct 4 15:13:04 UTC 2011
On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkaldari at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 10/3/11 4:36 PM, John Vandenberg wrote:
>> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Ryan Kaldari<rkaldari at wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>> I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments,
>>> even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize "sweat of the brow" and
>>> requires a minimal degree of originality to claim copyright.[1][2]
>> Does it recognise date of first publication?
>
> I don't know, but it seems like it would be difficult to argue that the
> Dead Sea Scrolls were "unpublished" until recently.
The photos of them were, though.
> None of the
> discussions of the Qimron case seem to mention the issue of date of
> publication. The argument seems to have hinged almost entirely on the
> issue of originality.
The Qimron case is completely irrelevant with regard to the copyright
of the images. It is a case about the *text*.
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