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----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Howington" <[email protected]> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 6:54 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim > 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > __________ NOD32 2287 (20070523) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
