[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Carcharoth]

On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 2:22 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2009/9/17 Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com>:
>> There is a lot more skill than 'painting by numbers' involved. One way
>> to tell is to look at the market for such skills. Look at the salaries
>> paid to a painter and to a skilled image restorer.
>>
>> Even if you can't do that, then the time involved is the clincher. It
>> may not be strictly speaking creative, but it does deserve
>> recognition.
>
> That would be sweat of the brow. US law not care about such things
> (which is why the NPG is sueing in the UK).

Yeah, I know. But you are missing the point. Re-read the thread.

Carcharoth