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Originally Posted by pdurrant
This isn't a court case yet, which is what I think was being asked for. The really interesting bit about the NPG case is that they haven't taken anyone to court. My guess is that this is because they expect they'd lose such a case.
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It is, though, an example of the use of a "sweat of the brow" copyright claim, something which I believe is not present in US copyright law at all.
One can understand their annoyance at having spent £1m on digitizing their collection, for the specific purposes of licensing it to raise funds for the gallery, only to have someone copy it for nothing. It's rather a kick in the teeth for them.