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Wikimedia violates copyright

April 7th, 2016 | Browse other: News. | Tagged with: , |

Ewen MacAskill, Wikimedia’s free photo database of artworks violates copyright, court rules, The Guardian, 5 April 2016

150px-Wikimedia_Sverige_logo.svgSweden’s highest court on Monday found Wikimedia Sweden guilty of violating copyright laws by providing free access to its database of artwork photographs without the artists’ consent.

Wikimedia, part of the not-for-profit foundation which oversees Wikipedia among other online resources, has a database of royalty-free photographs that can be used by the public, for educational purposes or the tourism industry.

The Visual Copyright Society in Sweden (BUS), which represents painters, photographers, illustrators and designers among others, had sued Wikimedia Sweden for making photographs of their artwork displayed in public places available in its database, without their consent.

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