Attempting to embarrass the British Museum is misguided and certainly would not build bridges for future collaboration. On 28 Jul 2017 13:03, "Fæ" <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Tullie House Museum in Carlisle has a number of objects on loan > from the British Museum,[3] and it appears that it is only those > objects that have any restrictions on photography. I took photographs > of two of these (without any flash), as the restrictions are > shockingly obvious cases of copyfraud, and not for any reason that > might protect the works from damage.[1][2] It seems incomprehensible > as to why the British Museum would ever want to make copyright claims > over ~2,000 year old works especially considering they are not a > money-making commercial enterprise, but a National institute and > charity, with a stated objective[4] that "the collection should be put > to public use and be freely accessible". > > Does anyone have any ideas for action, or contacts in the Museum, that > might result in a change of how loans from the BM are controlled? I'm > wondering if the most effective way forward is to make some social > media fuss, to ensure the Trustees of the museum pay attention. The > reputational risk the apparent ignorance over copyright by the BM > loans management team seems something that would be easy to correct, > so changes to policy are overdue. My own experience of polite private > letters to a Museum's lawyer demonstrates that you may as well save > hours of volunteer time by filing these in the bin, compared to the > sometimes highly effective use of a few pointed tweets written in a > few minutes and shared publicly and widely across social media. > > Those of us Wikimedians who work closely with GLAMs tend to shy away > from any controversy, wanting the organizations to move towards > sharing our open knowledge goals for positive reasons. I'm happy to > try those types of collegiate ways of partnering, however drawing a > few lines in the sand by highlighting embarrassing case studies, might > mean we make timely progress while activist dinosaurs like me are > still alive to see it happen. > > Links > 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_2nd_ > century_bronze_jug,_with_copyfraud_notice.jpg > 2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_Museum_ > Fortuna_statue,_with_copyfraud_notice.jpg > 3. Tullie House, Roman Frontier exhibition: > http://web.archive.org/web/20161030151228/www.tulliehouse.co.uk/galleries- > collections/galleries/roman-frontier-gallery > 4. British Museum "about us": > http://web.archive.org/web/20170714042800/www.britishmuseum.org/about_us/ > management/about_us.aspx > 5. Commons village pump discussion: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump# > British_Museum_and_blatant_copyfraud > > Contacts > * https://twitter.com/britishmuseum > * https://twitter.com/TullieHouse > > Thanks, > Fae > -- > [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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