Dear all, <br><br>On the blog of the Powerhouse Museum yesterday it was announced that they have now uploaded 1000 images to the Flickr commons programme. If you havn't seen this already I recommend checking it out. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/powerhouse_museum/</a> The use of this collection in Wikimedia Commons and in Wikipedia articles was discussed by [[PrivateMusings]] at the recent Wiki-wednesday in Sydney. <br>
<br>However, of particular note, is a paragraph in this blog post:<br><br>"Paula will be delivering a paper at <a href="http://www.archimuse.com/mw2009/">Museums and the Web 2009</a>
looking specifically at the impact of the Commons on the Powerhouse as
well as on image sales. Early evidence suggests that image sales are
actually up on last year for the very same images that we have placed
in the Commons."<br><br>I think that if this statistic proves to be correct (and over a longer period) then this will be a great boon to our discussion with organisations who worry about "losing" their images to the internet. Hazzah! <br>
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<br>Hope you're all well, <br>-Liam<br>-- <br>Email - <a href="mailto:liamwyatt@gmail.com">liamwyatt@gmail.com</a><br>Phone - +61 (0)434 056 914<br>Skype - Wittylama<br>Wikipedia - [[User:Witty lama]]