Public domain for 2D works applies for old 2D artefacts, like manuscripts or flat decorated objects. The examples I've seen include objects like 15th C. drawings, which the claim of "copyright of the Trustees" may be safely ignored as there is no new creativity in the likely automated scans being made. Obviously, if the 2D object is modern and has some original copyright, then reproductions of it are copyrighted.
There are past archived discussions on Commons, including deletion requests, which cover this specifically for the unrealistic and unenforceable claims of copyright of public domain material by the British Library. Hopefully, you recall this is a very old discussion, indeed Roger and myself presented many years ago to a full staff meeting at the British Library on this exact topic. As a result, most of the BL website had the copyright claim removed, so it's unfortunate that this announcement is effectively walking back that progress for open knowledge and instead promotes the use of "noncommercial" which very much hampers public value and reuse, including scaring off many academics from using public domain images in publications. Fae On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 at 17:39, Rex X <r...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > I'm pretty sure CC BY-NC-SA is not compatible with the licences on Commons. > > They could be uploaded and used on en-wiki with a fair use rationale, the > same as any other non-free image. > > -- > > Rexx > > > On 29 April 2020 at 13:30 John Byrne <j...@bodkinprints.co.uk> wrote: > > So can we put them on Commons? Or use them from a Wikipedia file? > John > > On 29 April 2020 at 13:00 wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org wrote: > > > Send Wikimediauk-l mailing list submissions to > wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > wikimediauk-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > wikimediauk-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikimediauk-l digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. British Museum makes 1.9m images available under CC BY-NC-SA > 4.0 (Owen Blacker) > 2. Re: British Museum makes 1.9m images available under CC > BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Katie Crampton) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2020 11:43:06 +0100 > From: Owen Blacker < o...@blacker.me.uk> > To: Wikimedia UK list < wikimediauk-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] British Museum makes 1.9m images available > under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 > Message-ID: > < calh-06k65dctkxk9vbd_8y6bfedpt0yygk_y17hbsaxqytz...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > That it's a non-commercial licence is really disappointing, but that's > still a little better than nothing… > > https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/blog/2020/04/28/british-museum-makes-1-9-million-images-available-for-free/ > > > The British Museum has revamped its online collections database, making > over 1.9 million photos of its collection available for free online under a > Creative Commons license. > > Under the new agreement the majority of the 1.9 million images are being > made available for anyone to use for free under a Creative Commons 4.0 > license < " rel="noopener" target="_blank" > data-mce-href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/>. > Users no > longer need to register to use these photographs, and can now download them > directly from the British Museum. > > Under the terms of the Creative Commons license, you are free to share and > adapt the images for non-commercial use, but must include a credit to the > British Museum. > [continues] > -- > Owen Blacker, London GB > @owenblacker < http://twitter.com/owenblacker> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
