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posted by mpawlo
on Friday August 08, @08:55AM
from the van-gogh-goes-napster dept.
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The National Gallery in London, UK will place its collection of fine art at risk for digital piracy, New Scientist reports. 2,300 paintings have been digitized by Hewlett-Packard. The National Gallery will sell hardcopies through copy-shops all over the world, but there is some concern over digital piracy. Mr Michael Kuhn, who was involved in launcing the first CDs for Polygram and Philips is quoted in New Scientist article stating:
'Looking back, record companies should have spent every day thinking about piracy. Film studio brass should be doing that now. So too the fine art bosses.'
Mr Kuhn may be right, but I am afraid the copyright to Raphael's The Madonna of the Pinks has expired, even with Mickey Mouse Copyright Protection Act extensions! This is the U.K. but the E.U. copyright terms are similar to those in the U.S. I guess the museum will have to settle for Crown Copyright (a unique U.K. instrument, probably not applicable) or for some right to the actual scan. From a policy perspective, a copyright to scannings is a bit far-fetched, if you ask me, but it may be feasible in the U.K.
Read more in New Scientist.
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