[WikiEN-l] "Permission required" on copyright expired images...

[Durova]

Good point.

On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Actually this isn't a copyright discussion.
> >
> > http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=581
> >
> > "To ensure that publication of material from its collections receives due
> > acknowledgment and promotion, the Library requires that permission to
> > publish is obtained prior to publication."
>
> Right, this is the issue I raised at the start. The library "requires"
> permission - but on what basis? If the image is public domain, and
> someone else copies it and republishes it - where do they stand? If
> it's not copyright infringement, what is it? Contract violation? On
> the basis that you used the website and agreed to the library's terms
> and conditions, and have now violated them?
>
> Although I suspect what's also happening is the image that we see
> there is low quality, and you'd need permission to get a higher
> quality, printable version. And they'd never give permission to cc-sa
> it.
>
> Steve
>
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