Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-26 Thread Charles Matthews
> On 26 August 2020 at 13:22 Andy Mabbett wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 20:45, Stella Wisdom wrote: > > > organisational change is not always easy, or quick! > > That's a fair point - but it's also worth bearing in mind that the BM > had a Wikimedian in Residence in 2010, and the BL

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-26 Thread Andy Mabbett
On Wed, 12 Aug 2020 at 20:45, Stella Wisdom wrote: > organisational change is not always easy, or quick! That's a fair point - but it's also worth bearing in mind that the BM had a Wikimedian in Residence in 2010, and the BL (for whom I and other WMUK volunteers have also donated our time, at

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread Richard Symonds
"organisational change is not always easy, or quick! Especially in a climate of austerity, budget cuts etc" I need the above printed on a t-shirt I think! On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 20:46 Stella Wisdom, wrote: > Thanks Richard. I honestly think the lack of attribution in this specific > blog post

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread Stella Wisdom
Thanks Richard. I honestly think the lack of attribution in this specific blog post was ignorance rather than malice. I've contacted the Head of Department and they will be adding an attribution next to the image. In my experience, there are many staff working in GLAM organisations wanting to

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread Richard Symonds
Seems like a good solution Stella, thank you! We all make mistakes, especially in organisations, and we know you mean well and that this was a genuine mistake. I hope Fae will see attribution as fine. Fae obviously feels very strongly about large museums and open rights, and he's put a lot of

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread Stella Wisdom
Hi Fae, Mike is correct, this is a British Library blog post, which discusses the Royal Gold Cup, which is an item in the British Museum collections. However the gold cup is mentioned in British Library manuscripts, hence the connection and relevance, for including an image of the cup in the blog

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Fae, The reuse seems to be by the British Library, not the British Museum, here. Asking them for £400 seems a bit odd/steep (https://twitter.com/Faewik/status/1293503130987122688). Thanks, Mike > On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:05, Fæ wrote: > > Dear Lucy, > > It's just over 3 months ago that

[Wikimediauk-l] British Museum, copyright and public domain images

2020-08-12 Thread
Dear Lucy, It's just over 3 months ago that your offer to talk with the British Museum about claiming copyright over public domain images, and consequently charging academics and other reusers large fees to use images which should be free to the public. Has there been any progress and what came