Balancing access and income – the dilemma of museum image licensing
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy, 1850, by Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864)| Douglas McCarthy
René-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amédé Dassy, 1850, by Hippolyte Jean Flandrin (French, 1809–1864)| Douglas McCarthy
Author’s remix of The Battle of the Pictures, 1745. William Hogarth (1697-1764), Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0Is it possible for the same digitised public domain work by the same artist to be considered both in and out of copyright by different museums within the same legal jurisdiction? The answer is yes.| Douglas McCarthy
Author’s remix of detail of Four judges in heavy wigs, 1758. Etching by William Hogarth. Source: Wellcome Collection, Public Domain Mark.Late last November at the Court of Appeal in London, Lord Justice Arnold made a significant ruling on copyright and the threshold of originality in UK law, in the case THJ v Sheridan1. Although the case concerned the copyright protection of graphical user interfaces (GUIs), its impact is likely to be felt in other categories. This post examines the implica...| Douglas McCarthy
Background| caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk
return to reference| creativecommons.org
