Monday, 20 July 2009

National Portrait Gallery threatens legal proceedings for copyright infringement

London's National Portrait Gallery has threatened legal proceedings for copyright infringement against Derrick Coetzee, who downloaded 3,014 high-resolution images from its website and placed them in an archive of free-to-use images on Wikipedia. Derrick Coetzee, who downloaded the images, has apparently uploaded the letter from the London lawyers Farrer and Co "to enable public discourse on the issue". The gallery says it is not suing Wikipedia and affirmed its willingness for the site to use low-resolution images.

Source: Guardian online

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