Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-21 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, This exchange of views is limited to the views being in a narrow way connected to what is originally posted. When a diametrically opposed view is expressed it is easily confused with subject high jacking. Arguably this thread has gone of the rails already and in direct reply no to your point,

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-20 Thread Fæ
Yes! I intended to post to the UK list, and thought I had until reading this. Oops. Fae https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LGBT+ http://telegram.me/wmlgbt On 20 Aug 2017 15:59, "Lodewijk" wrote: Maybe a silly question, but is there no more specialized forum that would

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-20 Thread Lodewijk
Maybe a silly question, but is there no more specialized forum that would be more suitable to have this conversation? I'm not sure if we need the wide movement list to discuss the copyright policy of a particular UK database. Or is there a specific expertise you're searching for? If so, I somehow

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Peter Southwood
Funny thing, That is what I would have said of Fae as well Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rogol Domedonfors Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 11:07 PM To: Wikimedia Mailing List Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l]

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Todd Allen
Andy (or Fae), if you've corresponded with them, could you please post that correspondence here? Todd ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 19 August 2017 at 21:16, Rogol Domedonfors wrote: A: Because it messes up the order in which we read text Q: Why is top posting such a bad thing? A: Top posters Q: What's the most annoying thing on mailing lists? > Fae, > > You seem rather too quick to leap to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Peter, Thanks for the compliment. I just call them as I see them. Richard On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 9:42 PM, Peter Southwood < peter.southw...@telkomsa.net> wrote: > Rogol, > Not everyone is blessed with your easy-going tolerance and automatic > assumption of good faith. > Cheers, > Peter > >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Peter Southwood
Rogol, Not everyone is blessed with your easy-going tolerance and automatic assumption of good faith. Cheers, Peter -Original Message- From: Wikimedia-l [mailto:wikimedia-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Rogol Domedonfors Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 10:16 PM To: Wikimedia

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Rogol Domedonfors
Fae, You seem rather too quick to leap to the conclusion that anyone who disagrees with you on intellectual property has an imperfect understanding or is consciously committing "copyfraud". Have you made any attempts whatsoever to engage with the organisation in question to find what their

[Wikimedia-l] Canmore database and claims of copyright on public domain works

2017-08-19 Thread Fæ
The Canmore database, https://canmore.org.uk, describes itself as the "online catalogue of the National Record of the Historic Environment. It holds detailed information and archive images for more than 300,000 places in Scotland." Canmore is part of Historic Environment Scotland (HES). I'm aware