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Further comments

kajsahartig — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:08:18 +0000

Hi again, thank's for your comments! Good idea to re-consider the word 'stolen'. Some concerns:

1) I want to avoid watermarking, since I want to promote the use of historical images (especially by teachers/school students). Also watermarking alters our conception of the image. These days we also start to get scientists doin research online, then watermarking is not an option I believe.

2) What if the images are not attributed correctly? No cultural institution can set aside money to go after organisations/companies that take images from our websites and let them go in "The Cloud". Especially the term "Orphan Works" is worrying since previously attributed work that gets lost can suddenly be orphan.

My BIG question is: Should we just count on loosing control over our images online? And therefore:

a) either "lock in" our collections online (make sure IP-adress can be retrieved etc).

b) not publish unique material with high value?

c) Only publish material that is no longer protected by copyright?

Best regards
Kajsa

Watermarks

sparrow_bee — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:49:00 +0000

I'd be tempted to problematise the notion of 'stolen' content - as long
as it's attributed, and ideally linked to the source, I'd consider
re-use as marketing we didn't have to pay for.

I agree Mia.

With regard to Content re-used without attribution is different, has anyone experimented or had success with watermarking images they publish online?

I have not investigated how to create and apply them to images but I doubt it would be excessively complicated or time consuming. Not only do they protect the image and provide instant attribution (depending on what watermark you create), but they can be an explicit advertisement for your museum or institution.

These BBC guidelines might

mia — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:12:44 +0000

These BBC guidelines might be useful: http://www.bbc.co.uk/guidelines/editorialguidelines/advice/bbcweb/index....

This blog post from the Powerhouse suggests other resources, including the BBC and their own blogging policy: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/dmsblog/index.php/2008/04/14/updating-yo...

I'd be tempted to problematise the notion of 'stolen' content - as long as it's attributed, and ideally linked to the source, I'd consider re-use as marketing we didn't have to pay for. Content re-used without attribution is different - much closer to 'stealing', though of course the resource still exists in its original location.

Bra!

Marika — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 14:09:46 +0000

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