[WikiEN-l] Correspondence relating to the copyright status of an image

[James D. Forrester]

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Haukur Þorgeirsson wrote:

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> > Thirdly, I'm genuinely not sure how to
> > proceed on this matter. This website
> > guy has still not really said whether
> > or not he claims to own the copyright
> > to this image, or to have licensed it
> > from somebody who does.
> 
> If he holds the copyright to that image
> then I hold the copyright to the King
> James Bible.

Assuming that you are not, indeed, the current incumbent of the British
Throne (otherwise, gosh, greetings, Your Majesty. :-)), I agree, but
that doesn't mean that the image is not under copyright; indeed, the
image is almost certainly under copyright, as PD works are rare outside
of the United States for things newer than the 1920s.

Anyway, I agree, this... 'individual' seems to be quite taken with
invective about other's attitude to 'his' website. Perhaps he feels that
his content has already been "stolen" (eurgh, it's intellectual
property; it cannot be stolen unless the creator no longer has access to
it) by us in some way, and is so very affronted? I cannot imagine that
anyone would fly off the handle quite so much at the simple instigation
of a request for permission...

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Yours,
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James D. Forrester
Wikimedia : [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
E-Mail    : james at jdforrester.org
IM (MSN)  : jamesdforrester at hotmail.com
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