As I said in my first mail ;-) But it does say "Crown copyright and..." not "Crown Copyright or...".
After Wikimania, I may give them a call to discuss and clarify. In any case, some, by anonymous photographers, are outside the 75 year barrier. On 29 June 2012 22:01, Richard Symonds <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
