Not quite - the "legalities" section says " The images, information and data featured on this website are subject to Crown Copyright and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and Individual Contributors as indicated."
Bit of a pain, but I suspect that the copyright of most of the image is murky at best :s Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Disclaimer viewable at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk On 29 June 2012 21:18, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > The site says "Crown Copyright". > > On 26 June 2012 12:24, Richard Symonds <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I don't think so - I think they're probably still copyrighted to the > > "Aerofilms collection"... > > > > Richard Symonds > > Wikimedia UK > > 0207 065 0992 > > Disclaimer viewable > > at http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Email_disclaimer > > Visit http://www.wikimedia.org.uk/ and @wikimediauk > > > > > > > > On 26 June 2012 12:10, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> You may have seen a buzz on social media in the last couple of days, > >> about a new website, 'Britain from the Air': > >> > >> http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/ > >> > >> which features <http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/about-project>: > >> > >> images from the Aerofilms collection... Dating from 1919 to > >> 2006... purchased by Royal > >> Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, > >> English Heritage > >> and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments > >> of Wales... in 2007. > >> > >> The site-wide copyright statement, on > >> <http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/legalities>, is somewhat > >> ambiguous: > >> > >> The images, information and data featured on this website are > >> subject to Crown Copyright > >> and other Intellectual Property Rights held by the Partners and > >> Individual Contributors as > >> indicated. There are also copyrights relating to the database > >> itself and to the design, structure > >> and code employed in the website. > >> > >> Has anyone found an image on the site with a copyright notice > >> excepting it from the default Crown Copyright? > >> > >> Presumably, the use of Crown Copyright means that we're at liberty to > >> use images that are over 50 years old, like this 1928 shot of > >> Birmingham: > >> > >> > >> > http://www.britainfromabove.org.uk/image/epw022585?search=birmingham&ref=10 > >> > >> on Commons and Wikipedia? > >> > >> -- > >> Andy Mabbett > >> @pigsonthewing > >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > > > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org >
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