On 11/5/09 12:36 AM, David Gerard wrote:
> 2009/11/4 Caroline Ford<[email protected]>:
>
>> Can they really claim copyright and licensing are different like this?
>
>
> It strikes me as complete bollocks.
>
> Mind you, when an institution makes bollocks claims like this, the
> likely best course of action would be for a GLAM diplomacy specialist
> to have a quiet word with them and see what can be done ... but if
> images end up on Commons and are OK from a copyright perspective per
> our rules, then they'll likely stick. I'm not sure any GLAM wants to
> be the next NPG.

Their claims are also very vague; the only that they explicitly claim is 
that if you want to *get* a high-resolution version to use commercially 
they will happily take your money in exchange.

They don't actually _say_ that they can charge you for using the 
available online files commercially, and seem to be carefully 
sidestepping it. :)

-- brion


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