We so much news
recently about restrictions to accessing materials, it was nice to read a post
in British GENES (GEnealogy News and EventS) that the National Library of Wales is waiving digital copyright.
During the next few months, the Library will be implementing a policy
that will enable the public to use thousands of images on its website without
any restriction. Users of the website should be aware that many images will
still be subject to third party rights that will need to be cleared before use,
but the Library will not impose additional copyright restrictions unless it
owns the copyright in the original work. High resolution versions of the images
will still be available under licence through the Library’s Enquiries Service.
I believe that the Library of Congress operates in a similar fashion.
Do you think that
other archives will “loosen” their copyright restrictions?
Some recent related Upfront
with NGS posts:
- Copyright and Copy Wrong -- Genealogists and Family Historians need to do it RIGHT!
- Legally Using Photos Online
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