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To be clear, you're saying that a public institution [1] who's charter is to provide access to artifacts that would otherwise normally be in the public domain a
by abetusk 6y ago
To be clear, you're saying that a public institution [1] who's charter is to provide access to artifacts that would otherwise normally be in the public domain and who's funding comes from donations and tax dollars should be expected to then copyright it's material when providing it digitally to the public?
Further, you're saying that artifacts plundered from colonialist rule should then be restricted to the people they've plundered from under restrictive licensing terms?
[1] https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/governance https://www.britishmuseum.org/about-us/governance
- mellosouls 6y agoyou're saying that artifacts plundered from colonialist rule Here we go... -- ps. both my shallow dismissal and your OT flamebait are discouraged here, so let's call it even and move on https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- Angostura 6y ago> should be expected to then copyright it's material when providing it digitally to the public? I'm saying they have the copyright.