On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 03:39:34PM +0100, Dave Arquati wrote:
Just as an aside: I know it's an effort, but some places will let you use their copyrighted photos quite easily if you just ask. I asked the Natural History Museum if I could use one of their photos; they said yes and sent me four high-quality ones.
Dave makes a good point.
As the person most likely to be legally responsible for the Open Guide to London, I'll make the official position clear: if you were not given permission to use someone else's words or pictures, then you may not use them. If you *did* get permission, then you may use them, and you *must* make it clear where the pictures came from and what their copyright status is. You may not include any images from a source whose copyright policy is incompatible with the site license. This is Policy. It will be appearing somewhere on london.openguides.org, soon.
I have no time for protracted debate between utopian idealists and die-hard legalists, and I would suggest it be taken to a more appropriate forum than OpenGuides-London.
Thank you,
Earle.