@Giv – thanks for the answers.

The copyright thing comes as no surprise – after all, I did this stuff for seven years and had exactly the same hurdles to try and climb over. And I do – really – understand the issues.

But…exactly when *are* we going to start questioning these big issues? When will people start standing up and asking why it is that image X which can be viewed in large size on site Y (and also, let’s not forget, on Google Images, too..) can’t be viewed on site Z “because of copyright issues”? At the end of the day, if the image is on the web, it’s on the web – end.

I’m fully aware that these are big issues, but I also think that if heavyweight national museums can’t start challenging the (widely regarded as broken) status quo, then surely all is lost? How do we stand to improve if all we do is defend these things in public but sit around shaking our heads behind closed doors?

My approach – as you’ll have noticed – is to pile straight in and ask these big questions. Because, frankly, no one else seems to be willing to do it (Frankie aside..). I see little point in skirting around them and hoping someone else will fix stuff.

Thanks for your answer, though. Appreciated.