Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-23 Thread Liam Wyatt
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 9:36 AM, Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com wrote: Actually this isn't a copyright discussion. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=581 To ensure that publication of material from its

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-23 Thread Durova
Actually the Bundesarchiv did something along those lines with 100,000 images last December. They owned unambiguous copyright over the collection so they relicensed medium resolution versions under CC-by-sa and uploaded those to Commons while they retained full copyright over the high resolution

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-23 Thread Steve Bennett
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Liam Wyatt liamwy...@gmail.com wrote: This is absolutely standard, at least in Australia. For example, see the snip Thanks for that informative reply, that was really helpful. I wish I'd gone to GLAM-WIKI, I probably could have gotten work to pay for it too...

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-23 Thread Steve Bennett
On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 3:30 AM, Durova nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com wrote: 4. Persuade the staff to change policy. This is the approach I've been working on, one institution at a time.  A group of volunteers have been pooling information and resources toward that end.  We've had some successes

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-23 Thread Durova
Most of these institutions have a mission to inform the public. Openness helps fulfill that mission. In the Bundesarchiv's case, donation of 100,000 images significantly increased their sales of images. That may seem counterintuitive but if an organization is smart about it everyone benefits.

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-19 Thread Durova
Actually this isn't a copyright discussion. http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=581 To ensure that publication of material from its collections receives due acknowledgment and promotion, the Library requires that permission to publish is obtained prior to publication. All requests for

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-18 Thread Carcharoth
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:48 AM, Steve Bennett stevag...@gmail.com wrote: Question for the copyright experts. See this image: http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/01000/B838.htm It's over 100 years old, and there is no clear copyright statement (ie, the photographer isn't listed). Yet they say

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-18 Thread James Alexander
It looks like the rule in Australia is currently life of the creator +70 for public domain but actually thats very new (2005) and before that it was only 50 years after death so anything where the creator died after 1958/9 should be public domain. (

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-18 Thread Sarah Ewart
Steve, that image is now PD in Australia. In Australia, the copyright of photographs taken prior to 1 January 1955 has expired and they are now in the public domain. The template for using PD Australian images on Wikipedia is here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Australia and Commons -

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-18 Thread Carcharoth
Is that date taken or date published? This is why provenance of photographs (both photographer and publication details, and dates) is important. You should also make clear *who* is saying that this photograph was taken in 1903. Sometimes publication and photographed dates are mixed up. Also, the

Re: [WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-18 Thread Sarah Ewart
On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM, Carcharoth carcharot...@googlemail.comwrote: Is that date taken or date published? This is why provenance of photographs (both photographer and publication details, and dates) is important. You should also make clear *who* is saying that this photograph was

[WikiEN-l] Permission required on copyright expired images...

2009-09-17 Thread Steve Bennett
Question for the copyright experts. See this image: http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/01000/B838.htm It's over 100 years old, and there is no clear copyright statement (ie, the photographer isn't listed). Yet they say Any other use requires permission from the State Library of South Australia.