The choices museums make about copyright as they digitise their collections have profound implications for public access.
Tag: Licensing
Balancing access and income – the dilemma of museum image licensing
Are museum picture libraries generating profits, and at what cost to public access?
Schrödinger’s copyright
Why are there so few open access museums in the UK?
After THJ v Sheridan
How will the ruling in THJ v Sheridan on copyright and the threshold of originality in UK law affect cultural institutions?
28 Vermeers
What does the Rijksmuseum’s landmark Vermeer exhibition tell us about museums, copyright and digital collections today? Vermeer is a major exhibition of the artist’s work at the Rijksmuseum that brings…
Four years of the Open GLAM Survey
Fresh insight, important updates and new visualisations into the global picture of open access to cultural heritage
Europeana and the Open GLAM Survey
Why aggregators matter and how a fresh look at Europeana changed the picture of open access to cultural heritage in Europe
What’s the latest picture of Open GLAM?
As 2021 draws to a close, how many cultural institutions have adopted open access policies, and how have they done this? Here’s the latest picture.
Should museums be dabbling with NFTs?
Are museums monetising public domain collections with NFTs fulfilling their mission?
Open Access and Art History in the 21st Century: The Case for Open GLAM
A key principle of Open GLAM is that works in the public domain should remain in the public domain once digitised. However, many museums assert copyright in digital reproductions of public domain artworks. How legally legitimate is this?
Open for the World – open access at Taiwan’s National Palace Museum
Open access at Taiwan’s National Palace Museum
The Great Wave: what Hokusai’s masterpiece tells us about museums, copyright and online collections today
What Hokusai’s Great Wave tells us about museums and copyright today
Open Access Scope in Open GLAM
How many cultural heritage institutions release all or some of their public domain collections open access?
Rights Statement Link Rot in Flickr Commons
How many Flickr Commons institutions provide functioning links to their own copyright policies?
Licensing policy and practice in Open GLAM
Which licences and rights statements do cultural heritage institutions use to make their digital collections available?
Uncovering the global picture of Open GLAM
How many cultural heritage institutions make their digital collections available for free reuse? How do they do this, and where is open access most prevalent?