Hey All, There is also this study by Effie Kapsalis at the Smithsonian: http://s.si.edu/openSI . It highlights a few case studies of how business got better from institutions in the course of doing "open" with collections.
Cheers, Alex On Tue, Oct 23, 2018 at 4:29 AM James Heald <[email protected]> wrote: > In the UK Lord Freyberg > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valerian_Freyberg,_3rd_Baron_Freyberg) > has been doing some campaigning in this area. > > He secured a debate in the House of Lords last month on the question, > which includes some data > > https://hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2018-09-12/debates/A4C8C41E-6523-4052-B141-8F260B980401/MuseumsAndGalleries#contribution-C444B397-6BD7-4546-9505-C7CD482CAF4A > > Unfortunately, most of those speaking on the other side of the debate, > despite presumably having been briefed by institutions with which they > were connected, were very short on data, typically going no further than > saying museums and galleries need income from all the different sources > they can get. > > Here are a couple of older reports from November last year, when > Freyberg first put down some questions on the subject: > > > https://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/4891_UK_art_historians_call_for_abolition_of_image_fees_ctd > > > https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-right-to-charge-image-fees-is-called-into-question > > He has been continuing to ask written questions to drag out some more > hard data: > > > https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-questions-answers//?page=1&max=20&questiontype=AllQuestions&house=lords&member=2593 > > (see eg 16 October 2018) > > ... though so far the DCMS seems to have avoided giving him very much back. > > He's somebody who it may be worth being in contact with, if we're doing > work in this area, as he's clearly plugged in to a broader campaign in > the UK, and may be able to get some information from the UK IPO as to > how discussions are going, and what position the UK have been taking. > (As a rule the UK IPO, coming from a patent background, can be a bit > more liberal on IP policy issues, aware of IP bringing both costs and > benefits; the DCMS tend to be somewhat less so; but I think it is the UK > IPO that has the policy lead on the Copyright Directive negotiations.) > > -- James. > > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > -- Alex Stinson GLAM-Wiki Strategist Wikimedia Foundation Twitter:@glamwiki/@sadads Learn more about how the communities behind Wikipedia, Wikidata and other Wikimedia projects partner with cultural heritage organizations: https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM
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