That's interesting. On 15 December 2015 at 15:32, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The NPG may be *less than delighted*: > > news: http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/04/1761/ > PDF: > https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/481194/c-notice-201401.pdf > > > Are digitised copies of older images protected by copyright? > > Simply creating a copy of an image won’t result in a new > copyright in the new item. However, there is a degree > of uncertainty regarding whether copyright can exist in > digitised copies of older images for which copyright has > expired. Some people argue that a new copyright may > arise in such copies if specialist skills have been used > to optimise detail, and/or the original image has been > touched up to remove blemishes, stains or creases. > > However, according to the Court of Justice of the > European Union which has effect in UK law, copyright > can only subsist in subject matter that is original in the > sense that it is the author’s own ‘intellectual creation’. > Given this criteria, it seems unlikely that what is merely > a retouched, digitised image of an older work can > be considered as ‘original’. This is because there will > generally be minimal scope for a creator to exercise > free and creative choices if their aim is simply to make a > faithful reproduction of an existing work. > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
