FWIW, I think the Met is in the same position as the BM; website terms-of-use being more restrictive than copyright law, for images of 2d pd works.
Sent from my iPad On May 29, 2013, at 2:01 PM, "Sarah Stierch" <sarah at sarahstierch.com> wrote: > This has been a really interested thread for me to read (as an OpenGLAM > volunteer and open culture advocate). Always strange to be an outsider to > these things :) (i.e. I don't work in a GLAM right now as paid staff) > > > Deb - I do have one comment about the BM website. It has been quite sometime > since I looked at it, so this was a great chance for me to revisit your > website and browse the collections. > > I see that BM allows people to use images, but only for non-commercial use > which counters the public domain or openly licensed reference you stated > below: > > http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/image_services.php > > However, it counters statements seen on object pages, for objects like: > > http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/610/The_Peaceable_Kingdom# > > Which is a public domain artwork. The image service page says I can only use > the images for non-commercial purpose. However, I can download /The Peaceable > Kingdom/ and do what I want with it (and rightfully so, since it's PD) > according to the object's "no known copyright" page. > > It'd be wonderful to see the image services page agree with what is happening > on object pages on the website. > > Just a suggestion :) Thanks for all you do, > > > -Sarah > > On 5/29/13 10:50 AM, Deborah Wythe wrote: >> We've tried out the Rijksmuseum site and found that the >> free image for personal use comes through as a compressed JPG of about 1 Mb >> or less, >> though it could be that some works have larger master images -- hard to >> tell. Any scholarly or commercial use just bounces you to their normal >> image services request page. >> >> All >> of our images are available for download at a modest side (1536 pixels >> on the long side) if they're in the public domain, licensed, or 3D (CC-BY >> license for the latter). Also done quietly, as others have noted. >> >> Deb Wythe >> Brooklyn Museum >> >> deborahwythe at hotmail.com > > -- > *Sarah Stierch* > */Museumist and open culture advocate/* > >>Visit sarahstierch.com <http://sarahstierch.com><< > _______________________________________________ > 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://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
