Likely it's nothing more than the fact that they are using a blanket web page template with the copyright defaulted in. Possibly a stupid oversight but not necessarily a deliberate act.
Tom C. >From: John Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Getty claiming copyright on National Archives images >Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 16:56:20 -0400 > >On Tue, May 22, 2007 at 09:25:52PM +0100, mike wilson wrote: > > > > Surely that is the responsibility of the idiots running your National > > Archive, who appear to have given away every right it had to the image. > > I find Getty's actions as repulsive as everyone else but I fail to see > > how it has broken any law. > >Getty are, incorrectly, claiming to hold a copyright on the images. >That's illegal (fraudulent misrepresentation?). >The National Archives could not transfer the copyright to Getty, >because it was not theirs to transfer - under US copyright laws >just about anything done with public/government funding must be >made freely available to the public. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
