Completely agree Jonathan. Let's hope that your more positive scenario is the one that happens - it's certainly what we (and I know many others, including your good self) advocate to the sector. Best, Lucy
On Thu, 4 Jan 2024 at 11:10, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > Re: "It is certainly strange to me that some cultural organisations pursue > image licensing as a loss making venture that also borders on copyfraud..." > > I'm hoping that museums will still want to spend money on digitising their > content. But we need to be realistic, if they can't subsidise that by > getting at least some of the money back from image licensing, they may do > less of it. > > Of course rumour has it that some institutions weren't even getting as > much from image licencing as it cost them to market and sell those images. > My hope is that fewer institutions will think of digitisation in terms of > fundraising and more in terms of fulfilling their mission of preserving and > recording their collection and making their collections available to all. > > But my fear is that there will be more items that can only be seen if > visited and the only available images are photos of the painting on mugs > and jigsaws from the museum shop. > > Jonathan > > > > On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 14:39, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 at 09:39, Deryck Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I'm slightly confused by the article. It refers to THJ vs Sheridan >> (2023) >> > but that ruling was about software-generated graphs and said nothing >> > about reproducing out-of-copyright content? >> >> It doesn't need to. It clarifies the conditions under which a >> copyright is created; the subject matter is immaterial. >> >> See paragraphs 14-16 ("The Law"), in particular: >> >> "What is required [for copyright to exist] is that the author was able >> to express their creative abilities in the production of the work by >> making free and creative choices so as to stamp the work created with >> their >> personal touch [...] This criterion is not satisfied where the content >> of the work is dictated by technical considerations, rules or other >> constraints which leave no room for creative freedom" >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Lucy Crompton-Reid Chief Executive
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