[Wikipedia-l] [bhorrocks at npg.org.uk: National Portrait Gallery images on Wikipedia website]

[Brion Vibber]

Well, neither image comes from their website; the images there are 
significantly smaller. They were likely scanned from books, but neither 
was listed with source information. Obviously the nearly 400-year-old 
originals are going to be out of copyright, but the scans are from 
reproductions, which may have a valid copyright even if it's 
non-creative, depending on applicable law. <IANAL/>


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anndenmk.JPG
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=ss&sText=anne+of+denmark&LinkID=mp00110&rNo=2&role=sit

This was uploaded by Isis, who has since left the project and asked that 
most traces of her presence be erased.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Shakespeare.jpg
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?search=ss&sText=Shakespeare&LinkID=mp04051&rNo=0&role=sit

This was uploaded by Uri, who seems to be still around. I've left a note 
on his talk page.


Both have uploaded other images from that era without attribution.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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