The Illegal Map Of Swedish Art

H5N1 Swedish map which does nix but encourage too assist people to discovery too stance populace plant of fine art has been sued for violating copyright laws. Offentlig Konst is a Swedish interactive map of populace art. It has only lost a representative inwards Sweden's Supreme Court for copyright infringement.

Offentlig is a handy petty map which tin give notice assist you lot discovery nearby populace statues too other populace plant of art. The map includes the cite of each function of art, the cite of the creative individual too a link to the artwork's Wikipedia entry.

It likewise used to include useful photos of each statue. Not whatsoever more. The Supreme Court of Sweden has ruled that it is illegal to provide costless access to a database of fine art photographs without the artists' consent. Therefore Offentlig Konst tin give notice no longer present you lot a flick of a function of art, fifty-fifty when the artwork is inwards populace ownership, on populace display too sited inwards a populace area,

Who said copyright laws were crazy?

Offtenling Konst is a projection of Wikimedia Sweden. Wikimedia Sweden were sued yesteryear the Visual Copyright Society inwards Sweden. Apparently it is the task of the Visual Copyright Society inwards Sweden to teach far to a greater extent than hard to discovery plant of fine art yesteryear Swedish artists.

The Wikimedia Blog has published an article looking at the Swedish court's sentence inwards to a greater extent than exceptional too Wikimedia's disagreement amongst the ruling.