On Dec 7, 2008, at 10:37 AM, Arthur Ness wrote: > This concept protects some > facsimile editions, as I understand. Thus according to Swiss law, > Mrs. Minkoff can claim copyright not only for the photography but for > the work itself. According to a notice** in her edition of the Siena > MS, it is illegal even to make a transcription using her > facsimile.<shudder> I think she takes advantage of Swiss laws that > were drawn up to protect their industry in publishing fine art books. > It is also possible that under Netherlands law, the manuscript is > still > owned by the library in The Hague.
It's also possible Mrs. Minkoff is puffing. It doesn't cost her anything to stake out an extravagant position. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
