A great move forward - hope they will indeed soon do away with the need to register to be able to download. Daniel
On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 1:48 AM, Rama Neko <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l > _______________________________________________ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
