[Foundation-l] Subject: Re: Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-10-04 Thread Robin McCain
On 10/4/2011 9:04 AM, foundation-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: issue of originality. The Qimron case is completely irrelevant with regard to the copyright of the images. ?It is a case about the*text*. If WMF wants to copy*the text* of the scrolls, I don't think anyone is going

[Foundation-l] Subject: Re: Dead Sea Scrolls

2011-09-29 Thread Robin McCain
An entertaining discussion - let's see if I understand the essence of the thread... Facts: High resolution photos (of the Dead Sea Scrolls) were recently released under an Israeli copyright. (Obviously this does not constitute copyright of the scrolls themselves.) A great deal of technical and