Web sleuths spot British Museum gaffe online

By 2020-04-30Science & Tech
Image caption The British Museum has been posting its collection online during the coronavirus pandemic

The British Museum is updating its online collection after mistaking a copyright notice for the name of a Turkish postcard-printing company.

The museum described “Her Hakki Mahfuzdur” as “Turkey’s largest producer of postcards”.

But a Turkish diplomat on Twitter pointed out the phrase means “all rights reserved” – and is not the name of a stationery company.

The British Museum replied: “Whoops! Thanks for pointing this out.”

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