Just to confirm... The museum(s) are aware that the permission for Wikimedia is not a permission "for Wikimedia only" but for anyone, right? Releasing the images under a free license for wikimedians is legally the same thing as putting a free license on their website.
-Liam On Wednesday, 9 September 2015, Rubén Ojeda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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] > <javascript:;>>: > > 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] <javascript:;> > > Ffon/Tel: +44 (0)1970 632405 > > > > > > On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 09:30 BST, Rubén Ojeda > > <[email protected] <javascript:;>> 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] > <javascript:;>>: > >> > 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] <javascript:;> > >> >> To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> >> 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] <javascript:;> | @rubojeda < > https://twitter.com/rubojeda> > >> >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ > >> >> GLAM mailing list > >> >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > >> > > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> | @rubojeda < > https://twitter.com/rubojeda> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> GLAM mailing list > >> [email protected] <javascript:;> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España > [email protected] <javascript:;> | @rubojeda < > https://twitter.com/rubojeda> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > -- wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata
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