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by badcppdev 614 days ago
What do people think about the Copyright notices on the images? Can someone with knowledge of Irish law comment on how something so old can still be considered copyright? Is there separate rules for images of art in galleries?
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No knowledge on irish law, but the photo itself has copyright separate from the thing photographed
A simple photo of a page might not be copyrightable if it doesn't show a modicum of creativity.
I think they're alot like adding raw sewage to the soup at the salad bar, so that people don't steal soup. It probably works, and the most important thing about soup is that no one steals it. You wouldn't steal a medieval manuscript would you? It belongs to the world as a cultural treasure, but it doesn't belong to anyone IN the world.