[Foundation-l] Dead Sea Scrolls

[Anthony]

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 Dead Sea Scrolls were "unpublished" until recently.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*.