NY Public Library Embraces The Public Domain Big Time: Releases 180,000 High Resolution Images | Techdirt

abernard102@gmail.com 2016-01-11

Summary:

"There's some wonderful news from the NY Public Library, which has released over 180,000 high resolution digital images of public domain works that it found in its collection. We've seen too many organizations, mainly museums, try to claim copyright over public domain works, or otherwise limit access. The NY Public Library, on the other hand, is going the other direction. Not only are they releasing these works and making it clear that the works are in the public domain, but they're releasing them as high resolution images and actively encouraging people to make use of them. In an interview with the NY Times, there are some fantastic quotes showing how seriously they take this ..."

Link:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160107/01251833261/ny-public-library-embraces-public-domain-big-time-releases-180000-high-resolution-images.shtml

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Tags:

oa.new oa.comment oa.libraries oa.librarians oa.digitization oa.licensing oa.pd oa.nypl oa.libre oa.copyright

Date tagged:

01/11/2016, 09:33

Date published:

01/11/2016, 04:33