Anarchy in the UK

An Emblematical Print on the South Sea Scheme

An analysis of the inconsistencies in UK museums’ copyright claims over digital reproductions of public domain works Introduction ​​In our online, globally connected era, cultural institutions are vital custodians of…

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Curiouser and curiouser: copyright and the public domain at the V&A

Furnishing fabric 'Alice in Wonderland' (detail) of roller-printed cotton chintz, designed by C. F. A. Voysey for Morton Sundour Fabric Ltd., Great Britain, ca. 1920.

The choices museums make about copyright as they digitise their collections have profound implications for public access.

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Schrödinger’s copyright

Author’s remix of The Battle of the Pictures, 1745. William Hogarth (1697-1764), Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0

Why are there so few open access museums in the UK?

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