So how exactly does one access these images on flickr? Are they all in one photostream or group? Ann
On 5/23/07, amalyah keshet < akeshet at netvision.net.il> wrote: > > > >http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/05/18/group_defies_smithsonian_copyright_claim/ > > > > Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim > > >Brett Zongker > >The Associated Press > >May 21, 2007 > > > >Grabbing pictures of iconic Smithsonian Institution artifacts just > >got a whole lot easier. > > > >Before, if you wanted to get a picture of the Wright Brothers' > >plane, you could go to the Smithsonian Images Web site and pay for a > >print or high-resolution image after clicking through several > >warnings about copyrights and other restrictions -- and only if you > >were a student, teacher or pledging not to use it to make money. > > > >Now, you can just go to the free photo-sharing Web site flickr.com. > >A nonprofit group is challenging the copyrights and restrictions on > >images being sold by the Smithsonian. But instead of going to court, > >the group downloaded all 6,288 photos online and posted them > >Wednesday night on the free Internet site. (more) > > > BTW, regarding the claim that all Smithsonian photos are in the > public domain because they were created by government employees: > several years ago I checked this out. Not all of their photographs > are created by Smithsonian employees, but by for-hire > photographers. Thus they are indeed protected by copyright, > transferred by the photographer to the Smithsonian. > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il > Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu > Blog www.musematic.net > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network ( http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
