Heh, I never really liked automatic e-mail signatures before Wikipedia. But now I use one just to stop me signing off messages with four tildes :-)
Pete / the wub 2009/7/14 sineWAVE <[email protected]> > > ~~~~ > That's worth a few wikipediholism points, I'm sure. Maybe you could > get a greasemonkey script to convert wikimarkup on non-wiki sites to > appropriate formatting. That'd be cool. > > > > --- On Sun, 12/7/09, Peter Coombe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> From: Peter Coombe <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] "sue and be damned" FOI to > NPG > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Sunday, 12 July, 2009, 11:18 AM > >> But even if FOI is deemed to apply to > >> photographs of artwork, they could release the files and > >> still maintain their claim of copyright > >> http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/yourRights/index.htm#receive > >> > >> > >> They could also claim commercial interest (IMO reasonably) > >> as a reason not to comply with such a FOI request, but this > >> is at least tested against the public interest. > >> http://www.dca.gov.uk/foi/yourRights/exemptions.htm#43 > >> > >> > >> Pete / the wub > >> > >> > >> > >> 2009/7/12 Dahsun <[email protected]> > >> > >> > >> > >> I agree that the WMUK shouldn't get directly involved, > >> but if without making any reference to the case in hand they > >> request the same information under the FOI then I would have > >> thought they were indirectly rather than directly involved. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> As for whether the FOI has an exemption for artwork, well > >> I'd be interested in what the lawyers have to say on > >> this as there is some legalese in the legislation that I > >> can't get my head around. > >> > >> > >> > >> However the National Portrait Gallery has its own handy > http://www.npg.org.uk/about/foi.php > >> section on FOI, and I don't read that as containing any > >> substantial claim of exemption from the Act for the gallery. > >> They also have some fine objectives including "the > >> provision of access to the national collection of portraits > >> for all sections of the population" but reassuringly > >> not "the restriction of access to the national > >> collection of portraits only to those who can visit the > >> gallery in person" or "maximising of the > >> commercial use of the images" ~~~~ > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> --- On Sat, 11/7/09, David Gerard <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > From: David Gerard <[email protected]> > >> > >> > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] [Foundation-l] "sue > >> and be damned" FOI to NPG > >> > >> > To: [email protected] > >> > >> > Date: Saturday, 11 July, 2009, 1:00 PM > >> > >> > 2009/7/11 Dahsun <[email protected]>: > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > Perhaps the air would be slightly clearer if > >> Wikimedia > >> > >> > UK were to make Freedom of Information Act requests to > >> the > >> > >> > NPG and other Publicly funded galleries for the > >> highest def > >> > >> > digital photos they have available of any artworks in > >> their > >> > >> > possession. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > WMUK getting directly involved in this would be very > >> bad > >> > >> > for WMUK's > >> > >> > (legal) perceived separation from WMF. Of course, > >> WMUK > >> > >> > could > >> > >> > meaningfully comment that "claiming copyright on > >> something > >> > >> > four > >> > >> > hundred years old is more than a little odious - > >> it's not > >> > >> > like the > >> > >> > painter will paint another painting if only th NPG can > >> make > >> > >> > legal > >> > >> > threats." > >> > >> > > >> > >> > That said, your approach is most certainly > >> particularly > >> > >> > amusing :-D I > >> > >> > expect they'd claim these were commercial works > >> and the > >> > >> > core of their > >> > >> > business or somesuch. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > - d. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > >> > Wikimedia UK mailing list > >> > >> > [email protected] > >> > >> > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > >> > >> > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> Wikimedia UK mailing list > >> > >> [email protected] > >> > >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > >> > >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia UK mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > >> WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > > > > > > -- > 1001010 1001000110000111011001101100 > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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