Hi Jason! That´s right, the museums own the copyright of the images, so shouldn´t be problem uploading the images, only with an OTRS permission to make it clear in Commons.
Cheers 2015-09-09 10:49 GMT+02:00, Jason J. Evans <[email protected]>: > Hi Ruben (and Sara!) > > Does the institution own the copyright? or are you seeking permission from > 3rd party copyright holders? > > I am a Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales and have > been uploading images on behalf of the Library. Most are out of copyright > and are released on a public domain tag but if the works are in copyright > and the Library owns the copyright we simply release them on a CC-0 license. > Just make it clear on Commons where the images came from. > > As i understand it, you would only need to use a OTRS permission if the > copyright for the images is owned by someone other than the institutions you > are working for. > > I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong. I hope that helps. > > Cheers > > Jason > > -- > Jason Evans > Wicipediwr Preswyl / Wikipedian in Residence > Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales > [email protected] > Ffon/Tel: +44 (0)1970 632405 > > > On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 09:30 BST, Rubén Ojeda > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello Sara! >> >> Thanks for your welcome!. That´s right, most of the images aren´t in >> public domain (mainly they are modern pictures, for example of pieces) >> so my intention is to upload them with an OTRS permission; what do you >> think, is it correct?. >> >> Best, >> >> 2015-09-09 10:09 GMT+02:00, Sara Thomas <[email protected]>: >> > Hello Rubén!, >> > I'm a Wikimedian in Residence in Scotland - welcome to the world of >> > GLAM-Wiki, and best of luck for your project. Hope it goes well! >> > >> > Just to echo what Liam said - if the images aren't in the public domain, >> > do >> > make sure that you have the necessary permissions to release on an open >> > licence. If you do - well done, that's fantastic! >> > If there are any images on Flickr which are marked (or can be marked) >> > with >> > an open license, then you could use Flickr2Commons: >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flickr2commons, which is relatively >> > simple. >> > >> > All the best, Sara >> > Thomashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Museums_Galleries_Scotland >> > >> >> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 22:10:04 +0200 >> >> From: [email protected] >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> Subject: [GLAM] Glaming Madrid >> >> >> >> Hello everyone! >> >> >> >> From yesterday until January 7, 2016, Wikimedia Spain enters three >> >> state museums, the Museum of Romanticism, the Museo del Traje (Costume >> >> Museum) and the National Archaeological Museum, where I´ll work as >> >> wikipedian in residence. >> >> >> >> Besides promoting the Wikimedia projects in the three institutions, it >> >> will be carried out various activities open to the public, like >> >> edit-a-thons and training sessions, aimed to explain how Wikipedia >> >> works and generate content related to the museums and their >> >> collections: the nineteenth century in Spain, fashion, ethnography and >> >> archeology. Another highlight will be the donation of multimedia files >> >> (documents, pictures or recordings) under a free license to Wikimedia >> >> Commons, in order to illustrate contents of the various Wikimedia > >> >> projects. >> >> >> >> The Museum of Romanticism has cataloged more than 16,000 museum >> >> pieces. It offers collections of paintings, miniatures, furniture, >> >> decorative arts, prints, drawings and photographs collections, which >> >> offer a broad panorama of the arts during the Romantic era in Spain. >> >> The Costume Museum has collections dedicated to fashion, costumes and >> >> ethnography, with a collection of over 170,000 pieces and documents; >> >> these collections date from the Middle Ages to the contemporary >> >> fashion of Spain. The National Archaeological Museum is, since 1867, >> >> the leading Spanish institution in the preservation of historical > >> >> pieces. Its permanent collection includes over 15,000 items from >> >> Prehistory, Early history, Roman Spain, Greece, Egypt and the Near >> >> East, Middle Ages and Modern Age. >> >> >> >> In relation to the uploading of files to Wikimedia Commons, what tool >> >> do you recommend me to use? (their files are not in public domain). >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España >> >> [email protected] | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> GLAM mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam >> > >> >> >> -- >> Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España >> [email protected] | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> GLAM mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > > > -- Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España [email protected] | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda> _______________________________________________ GLAM mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam
