UK's National Portrait Gallery Threatens To Sue Wikipedia User.
The National Portrait Gallery of London is threatening litigation
against a Wikipedia user over his uploading of pictures of some 3,000
paintings, all 19th century or earlier and firmly in the public domain.
Their claim? The photos
an 'unlawful circumvention of technical measures.' And remember, the
NPG's taxpayer-funded mission is to 'promote the appreciation and
understanding of portraiture in all media [...] to as wide a range of
visitors as possible!'
Well yeah. It sounded good on paper but we didn't like...
I consider that any downloadable picture from the web should be free to use
for not commercial purpose and
even when I think that Coetzee should stay put, I would recommend him the
removal of the picts asap.
Had a bad experience some years ago with copyright/intellectual property.
Litigation
