On 28 July 2017 at 13:28, Jean-Philippe Béland <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe I misunderstand what you wrote, but from what I read they do not > claim copyright over the objects. They only tell you "do not take pictures > of it". Even if an object is in the public domain, the actual physical > object is still their property and they can do whatever they want with it, > it does not have to be displayed and they don't have to allow photographs > of it even if it is exposed. However, if such photographs str taken, they > cannot restrict their distribution. This is not a case of "copyfraud" from > that point of view. If you view the images to which Fae linked, the objects are clearly labelled "protected by copyright". This has no basis in UK law. -- Andy Mabbett @pigsonthewing http://pigsonthewing.org.uk _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
