[Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

[Vickram Crishna]

It's an interesting point. A photograph of a piece of art or heritage cannot
logically* claim copyright, but what about a picture of a friend standing in
front of said piece of art/heritage?

*but then again, logic and copyright often do not occupy the same space and
time

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com>wrote:

> We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give
> copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case
> different in case we take photos from art?
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Ashwin Baindur
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>
>
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> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:01 PM, Gautam John <gautam at prathambooks.org>wrote:
>
>> On 29 June 2011 15:00, Ashwin Baindur <ashwin.baindur at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Yann, these images should be licensed as being in public domain as of
>> now.
>> > How come you have claimed copyright?
>>
>> Because he took them?
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Gautam
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