The copyright point came up at a recent training event I attended. It is good that there is now solid UK case law to support our way. For the technical obstructions sometimes put in place of downloading, I suppose it would take statute law to shift those. Charles
> On 29/12/2023 21:19 GMT Lucy Crompton-Reid > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Excellent news. Thanks for sharing Andy. > > Best > Lucy > > On Fri, 29 Dec 2023 at 19:57, Andy Mabbett <[email protected] > mailto:[email protected]> wrote: > > > A recent Court of Appeal (England and Wales) case has clarified that > > there is no new copyright in photographs reproducing 2D artworks that > > are themselves in the public domain - and that (as many of us have > > argued) this has been the case since at least 2009. > > > > > > https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/12/29/court-of-appeal-ruling-will-prevent-uk-museums-from-charging-reproduction-feesat-last > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia UK mailing list > > [email protected] mailto:[email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > > > > -- > Lucy Crompton-Reid > Chief Executive > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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