Hi Andy, I replied to your tweet from our account - it's @wikimediauk, not @WMUK!
On 4 August 2017 at 17:17, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry, I misread that. > > Valentine Low wrote in the Times; Januszczak supported on Twitter > > On 4 August 2017 at 22:15, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Waldemar Januszczak, writing in the Times (ironically, paywalled!) says: > > > > "Some of Britain’s leading art galleries have been accused of killing > > scholarship by introducing fees for the reproduction of images of > > works in their collections. > > > > "Tate has led the way in imposing “crippling fees” on journals, > > according to The British Art Journal. > > > > "The charges could amount to thousands of pounds for small-circulation > > publications to illustrate scholarly articles, the journal said, > > describing it as “a licence to print money, a licence to kill > > scholarship”." > > > > https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/british-museum- > and-tate-cash-in-on-pictures-of-art-6d903nvsx > > > > and he has tweeted: > > > > " I call upon the Tate and others to end this scholarship-bashing. > > You're supposed to be on the side of civilisation!" > > > > https://twitter.com/JANUSZCZAK/status/893390807331373056 > > > > While this may also apply to in-copyright works, this clearly relevant > > to our recent discussions about what is known as "copyfraud". > > > > I've replied, suggesting he contact WMUK with a view to collaborating. > > Maybe someone at WMUK can follow that up? > > > > -- > > Andy Mabbett > > @pigsonthewing > > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > > > -- > Andy Mabbett > @pigsonthewing > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >
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