Hallelujah !
On 13 November 2013 00:02, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> wrote: > Fyi. > ---------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht ---------- > Von: "Hay (Husky)" <[email protected]> > Datum: 12.11.2013 13:45 > Betreff: [cultural-partners] Rijksmuseum releases high resolution images > An: "Wikimedia Chapters cultural partners coordination" < > [email protected]> > > Hi everyone, > i'm pleased to report to you that the Dutch Rijksmuseum (you know, the > one with all the Rembrandts and Vermeers) has decided to release all > of their PD images in high resolution on their website, Rijksstudio. > > A year ago, the Rijksmuseum released a new website with a section that > allows people to reuse all the images in many different ways. For > commercial use, you still needed to contact the image department, even > though the works were PD. However, a week ago they removed this > restriction and now anyone can download the high resolution scans. > > The API still serves the lower resolution scans, but i've been assured > that the higher resolution images *will* be available in the API in > the very near future. I guess they'll make an excellent candidate to > be uploaded to Commons with the GLAM Wiki Toolset project next year. > > Until then, i invite you all to upload all the images you want by > hand, i've already done that with Rembrandt's Nightwatch which has > gone from 2 to a whopping 161 megapixels: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Nightwatch_by_Rembrandt.jpg > > There's a (Dutch) blogpost available from Creative Commons > Netherlands, here's a Google Translate version: > > > http://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcreativecommons.nl%2F2013%2F11%2F11%2Frijksmuseum-haalt-voorwaarden-van-collectie-af%2F%23 > > -- Hay Kranen > _______________________________________________ > Cultural-Partners mailing list > [email protected] > https://intern.wikimedia.ch/lists/listinfo/cultural-partners > Please treat emails sent to this list as confidential.Ask senders for > permission before forwarding emails off-list. > > _______________________________________________ > http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l > >
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