21st October 2010, 01:04 PM
Dirty Boy Wrote:Copyright belongs to the photographer unless altered by agreement. Therefore English Heritage can claim copyright on photos they've taken. Photos they own in their archives I would imagine would be included too, if the original owners cannot be found or have agreed to transfer the copyright.
That was my understanding as well - although likewise I'm somewhat rusty on the precise details. If EH are that keen to generate money through copyright channels perhaps they could take a leaf out of the Eiffel Tower's book - any photographs taken of the tower at night are subject to copyright restrictions as French Courts have deemed the lighting display itself to be an "original piece of work"! Perhaps if EH applied a fancy paint scheme/light scheme to the stones they could copyright that...