So, we have the following options: 1. Ignore them (pity) 2. Upload them as public domain and re-iterate the National Portrait Gallery issue, and teach them that these open content wiki people are not to be trusted 3. Label them CC-BY so the Wellcome Trust can get a mandatory attribution, which we would do anyway
Personally, I'd go for #3. CC-BY is just one small step up from PD, so I really don't see the practical harm. (Disclaimer: I am paid by the Wellcome Trust, though indirectly via a research institute, and nowhere near the image division;-) Cheers, Magnus On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Christoph Braun < [email protected]> wrote: > Our stance on copyright is that digital reproductions of public domain 2D > source material is in the public domain, even if your laughable > jurisdiction says otherwise. > > Regards, Christoph > > [1] Position of the WMF: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag#The_position_of_the_WMF > [2] Straw poll, changing our policy on Wikimedia Commons: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag/Straw_Poll > > > 2014/1/21 Edward Summers <[email protected]> > >> I was thinking it would be AmazonTurk-able, but that’s neat there is a >> service for it. Around $140.00 wouldn’t be a terrible price to pay. Still, >> it would be nice to avoid it, and have Wellcome be a partner in the effort. >> >> What is “our stance on copyright”? >> >> //Ed >> >> On Jan 21, 2014, at 8:24 AM, Christoph Braun < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > There are plenty of services out there offering to solve captchas for >> reasonable prices. Here's one of them: http://www.deathbycaptcha.com/ >> > Then again I think it might be more useful to approach the Wellcome >> Library, both for getting easier access to their collection and informing >> them about our stance on copyright. >> > >> > Regards, Christoph >> > >> > >> > 2014/1/21 Edward Summers <[email protected]> >> > I imagine some of you may have seen that the Wellcome Library announced >> yesterday [1] that they have made over 100,000 high resolution images of >> manuscripts, paintings, etchings, early photography, and advertisements >> available using a CC-BY license. I was wondering [2] if it is ok to upload >> CC-BY images to the Commons. >> > >> > This is mostly in theory since the downloads are sitting behind >> reCAPTCHAs and several levels of click throughs — but you never know :-) >> > >> > //Ed >> > >> > [1] >> http://blog.wellcomelibrary.org/2014/01/thousands-of-years-of-visual-culture-made-free-through-wellcome-images/ >> > [2] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Village_pump/Copyright#Can_I_upload_CC-BY_images.3F >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > GLAM mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > GLAM mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > -- undefined
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