I've met with them several times; as you can see, the discussions didn't get very far...
Mike On 23 Jun 2011, at 20:56, geni wrote: > The public catalog foundation has been busy digitising the nation's > art. All those paintings held by government institutions and local > councils. Pretty nice. Their website is here: > > http://thepcf.org.uk > > and the paintings can be found here: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/ > > Some very nice stuff there. > > Unfortunately they claim copyright. My favorite example is this. It's > a Fayum mummy portrait about 1700 years old: > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/portrait-of-a-lady-31089 > > And yet if we open up the meta data: > > "Copyright Victoria and Albert Museum / Supplied by The Public > Catalogue Foundation This image is copyrighted." > > > The artist for this painting > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/yourpaintings/paintings/the-launching-of-hms-royal-sovereign-at-portsmouth-25-apri25872 > > died 1873 and yet we open up the meta data and > > "Copyright Hampshire County Council Museums Service / Supplied by The > Public Catalogue Foundation . This image is copyrighted." > > The rest of the text runs: > > The Public Catalogue Foundation is committed to respecting the > intellectual property rights of others. The copyright in paintings and > images reproduced by the Public Catalogue Foundation belong to a > variety of organisations and individuals including the collections > that own the paintings and third party rights holders. Permitted Use > of This Image: This image and data related to the image may be > reproduced for non-commercial research and private study purposes. For > ALL other uses other than those outlined above, including commercial > uses, users should contact, in the first instance, the contributing > collection using the contact information provided on the Your > Paintings website. Where the underlying painting is in copyright, > further permissions will also be needed. Protection of Image > Copyright: This image is protected with a secure invisible digital > watermark that allows the Public Catalogue Foundation to identify > unauthorized use of the image. Further Information: Any queries should > be addressed to [email protected] > > > Lovey. We could just ignore this and let the Americans take care of > matters but it might be smarter to stage an intervention before we get > NPG mark 2. > > > -- > geni > > _______________________________________________ > 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
