Ping :-) It's been over a month, does anyone know if the Tullie House Museum has removed the misleading copyright notices?
If there has been no contact yet, I'd be happy to send off a letter as a long term Wikimedia Commons volunteer to the BM and the THM for an official response that I can add to the record on Commons. Thanks, Fae On 28 July 2017 at 13:34, Lucy Crompton-Reid <lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: > Hi Fae, Andy, and all > > I agree that trying to apply copyright to a 2000 year old item is pretty > outrageous, although I'm going to suppose that it stems from ignorance > rather than anything else. We have some contacts at the BM although I'm not > sure about Tullie House Museum, however I'm happy to contact both > institutions, in the first instance, to give them the opportunity to correct > this. I'll let you know how I get on. > > Cheers > Lucy > > On 28 July 2017 at 13:24, Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: >> >> On 28 July 2017 at 13:11, Richard Nevell >> <richard.nev...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote: >> > Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is misguided and certainly >> > would >> > not build bridges for future collaboration. >> >> Perhaps, but as Fae indicates, it might also cause some movement. >> >> What's your - WMUK's, I mean - alternative proposed action? >> >> -- >> Andy Mabbett >> @pigsonthewing >> http://pigsonthewing.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > > Lucy Crompton-Reid > > Chief Executive > > Wikimedia UK > > +44 (0) 207 065 0991 > > > > Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and > Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. Registered > Office 4th Floor, Development House, 56-64 Leonard Street, London EC2A 4LT. > > Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia > projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst > other projects). Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no > legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents. -- fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk