On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 7:56 PM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On 10/3/11 4:36 PM, John Vandenberg wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Ryan Kaldari<rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >>> I think we are fairly safe hosting the images of the original fragments, >>> even by Israeli law. Israel does not recognize "sweat of the brow" and >>> requires a minimal degree of originality to claim copyright.[1][2] >> Does it recognise date of first publication? > > I don't know, but it seems like it would be difficult to argue that the > Dead Sea Scrolls were "unpublished" until recently.
The photos of them were, though. > None of the > discussions of the Qimron case seem to mention the issue of date of > publication. The argument seems to have hinged almost entirely on the > issue of originality. The Qimron case is completely irrelevant with regard to the copyright of the images. It is a case about the *text*. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l