Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread David Woolley
On 30/01/16 18:03, Jez Nicholson wrote: Andy, I respectfully beg to differ. Crown copyright does expire after 50 years but owners of scans claim 'sweat of the brow' grants them copyright of the images made. Even the people at NPE Maps claim it http://www.npemap.org.uk/tileLicence.html but they

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 30 January 2016 at 13:36, Jez Nicholson wrote: > Your knowledge of copyright is probably better than mine, but unless the > British Library renounce their ownership of the scans or UK law changes > (which is possible) I would say none. :( As I said; they're Crown

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread Jez Nicholson
Great news that they've been OGLd. I feel less depressed now :) Andy, I respectfully beg to differ. Crown copyright does expire after 50 years but owners of scans claim 'sweat of the brow' grants them copyright of the images made. Even the people at NPE Maps claim it

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread Richard Symonds
Jez, These are all OGL licenced and on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:War_Office_Archive_%E2%80%93_British_East_Africa They were uploaded by Nora McGregor, Digital Curator, British Library ( https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Ndalyrose) so are fine to use, I

Re: [Talk-GB] UK war office maps of Africa digitised

2016-01-30 Thread Jez Nicholson
Your knowledge of copyright is probably better than mine, but unless the British Library renounce their ownership of the scans or UK law changes (which is possible) I would say none. :( On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 at 23:50, Andy Mabbett wrote: > What's the potential to get