They can still sell copies** Missing word. sorry.
JP On Tue, May 23, 2017, 08:39 Jean-Philippe Béland, <[email protected]> wrote: > It is common practice for GLAMs to not want to upload their highest > resolution. For example, Wikimedia Canada has a GLAM partner that donated > pictures they were holding that were in the public domain, in a resolution > "good enough" to illustrate Wikipedia articles. But the GLAM partner > retained the highest resolutions so they can still copies and generate > revenue for them, even though those are in the public domain and as soon as > they sell one you could use it on Commons in theory. Sometimes we need to > meet in the middle if we want to achieve our mission when there are > conflicting interests. > > Thanks, > Jean-Philippe Béland > Vice President, Wikimedia Canada > > On Tue, May 23, 2017, 05:15 Yann Forget, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> 2017-05-22 22:07 GMT+02:00 geni <[email protected]>: >> >>> On 22 May 2017 at 20:03, Yann Forget <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >> geograph's 640 × 480 is the lowest widely used resolution. >>> > >>> > Any that small resolution should be refused nowadays. >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Yann >>> >>> Common's highest resolution image of a Partula turgida shell is 469 × >>> 361. It was uploaded in december 2016. Are you going to try and delete >>> that? >> >> >> There is a difference between accepting new images and deleting old >> images which were uploaded years ago. >> >> Regards, >> >> Yann >> >> -- >>> geni >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >
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