Dear Lucy,
It's just over 3 months ago that your offer to talk with the British
Museum about claiming copyright over public domain images, and
consequently charging academics and other reusers large fees to use
images which should be free to the public. Has there been any progress
and what came of
Hi Fae,
The reuse seems to be by the British Library, not the British Museum, here.
Asking them for £400 seems a bit odd/steep
(https://twitter.com/Faewik/status/1293503130987122688).
Thanks,
Mike
> On 12 Aug 2020, at 13:05, Fæ wrote:
>
> Dear Lucy,
>
> It's just over 3 months ago that your
Hi Fae,
Mike is correct, this is a British Library blog post, which discusses the
Royal Gold Cup, which is an item in the British Museum collections. However
the gold cup is mentioned in British Library manuscripts, hence the
connection and relevance, for including an image of the cup in the blog
Seems like a good solution Stella, thank you! We all make mistakes,
especially in organisations, and we know you mean well and that this was a
genuine mistake. I hope Fae will see attribution as fine.
Fae obviously feels very strongly about large museums and open rights, and
he's put a lot of emot
Thanks Richard. I honestly think the lack of attribution in this specific
blog post was ignorance rather than malice.
I've contacted the Head of Department and they will be adding an
attribution next to the image.
In my experience, there are many staff working in GLAM organisations
wanting to make
"organisational change is not always easy, or quick! Especially in a
climate of austerity, budget cuts etc"
I need the above printed on a t-shirt I think!
On Wed, 12 Aug 2020, 20:46 Stella Wisdom, wrote:
> Thanks Richard. I honestly think the lack of attribution in this specific
> blog post wa
