[Wikimediaau-l] Should we petition the pollies on copyright law?

2010-02-18 Thread Confusing Manifestation
Since the Ideascale site is now closed, I'll post my latest big idea here: One of the biggest gripes that Wikimedians and other open content fans have had in recent years is the issue of claiming copyright over retouched and/or digitised versions of public domain content. Since we would probably

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] Should we petition the pollies on copyright law?

2010-02-18 Thread Liam Wyatt
The issue of whether there is new copyright created when a two-dimensional PD work is scanned or photographed is one that is definitely one of the biggest bones of contention between the Wikimedia community and the GLAM sector, not just in Australia but worldwide. Even with the Bridgeman v Corel