David Gerard wrote: > 2009/9/28 <[email protected]>: > > >> From the earlier poster Teofilo: >> I disagree. I think the priority is to have the full >> resolution pictures of Public Domain works. >> That seems to be a demand to have the highest resolution copies possible. >> > > > That sets it out as a goal, not a demand. > > But getting back to the case in question - we're talking about the > sort of museum that's actually a government sub-department. Thus, > public domain images that the taxpayer has *already paid for*. I see > nothing whatsoever unreasonable about the idea of asking-to-demanding > those. They're owned by the public, not by the museum bureaucrats. > >
In defense of museums, some of them do get it. The images of golden artifacts from the Staffordshire Hoard were immediately released under a CC license: http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157622378376316/with/3944490322/ Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
