Learning to Let Go: Ownership, Rights, Fees, and Permissions of Readers’ Photographs

Abstract: This article explores the variance in attitudes towards user photography in UK libraries, archives, and museums. It examines the various interpretations of copyright and rights to reproduce images of items in the public domain deployed by cultural heritage institutions, the cost structures for user photography in the reading room, and the historic reasons for these decisions. Finally, this article explores the impact of the multiplicity of regulations on the researcher and the benefits of a clear and open approach to access and to the new research methods being employed by readers.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Learning to Let Go: Ownership, Rights, Fees, and Permissions of Readers’ Photographs ; volume:139 ; number:1 ; year:2021 ; pages:59-70 ; extent:12 ; Anglia ; 139, Heft 1 (2021), 59-70 (gesamt 12)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Green, Daryl

Further information

• DOI: 10.1515/ang-2021-0004
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2404251718414.081260170678
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
• Last update: 14.08.2025, 11:00 AM CEST