in the US they dont, and since thats where WMF servers are thats the rules that apply for us.
regards mark On Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Andrew Gray <[email protected]>wrote: > 2009/1/30 AndrewRT <[email protected]>: > > My knowledge of copyright law is limited, but surely if the BBC > > creates a photograph of an object which is in the public domain, they > > still own the copyright to the photograph? > > Probably. > > In the US, this doesn't apply. In the UK... it probably does, but > there isn't much recent caselaw AIUI and if someone took it to court > it could potentially go either way. I'd bet on the court ruling for > them retaining the rights, though. > > -- > - Andrew Gray > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_UK > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >
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