[WikiEN-l] African maps

[Rob]

On 1/11/07, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm not sure what the legal issues would be with taking them straight
> off the net, anyway. It looks like the BBC means free as in beer, not
> speech. While the copyright on a 16th century map has almost certainly
> expired, the scanned version of it might be copyrighted (I'm no
> expert, but I'm sure someone here can tell me whether or not scanned
> images are copyrightable). The site doesn't seem to say what the
> copyright status is.
>
> It's probably best to contact them directly.

Looks like these are in the clear.

"Northwestern does not claim any copyright to these images or the
original maps."

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/collections/mapsofafrica/contact.htm