British Museum agrees to pay translator whose work it used without permission
By Jessie Yeung, CNN
Published 3:07 AM EDT, Wed August 9, 2023
A translator whose work was used by the British Museum without her permission won a victory this week after reaching a settlement with the institution, following two months of negotiations and online campaigning — with a little help from the fans of K-pop superstars BTS.
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Shows sadly that being a national museum doesn't guaranty a much better behaviour than the one you would expect from corporate kleptocracy. Without public pressure and legal action she would have been ignored.
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