FYI

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn dot org> Date: 2009/1/28 Subject: [okfn-discuss] BBC to put 200,000 oil paintings online To: okfn-discuss okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org

Reported today that the BBC is going to put 200,000 oil paintings online and will 'open up' the Arts Council's vast film archive:

BBC to put nation's oil paintings online http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/28/bbc-digitalmedia

I'd be interested to hear how they are going to license this material and how they will publish it. They are partnering with the Public Catalogue Foundation. I've writted to the PCF in the past. They derive income from selling hard copy catalogues and do not seem to be keen on allowing third party re-use of their material:

<quote> The contents (but not the painting reproductions), design and underlying code of this website remain the intellectual property of The Public Catalogue Foundation at all times. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce the content on this web site for any reason without written permission from The Public Catalogue Foundation.

Paintings are reproduced courtesy of the participating collections and the copyright owners. You may not use or reproduce or allow anyone to use or reproduce the painting reproductions on this website without written permission from the relevant collections and copyright owners where appropriate.

Use of The Public Catalogue Foundation Content

You may retrieve and display content from this website, print individual pages on paper and store such pages in electronic form on your mobile telephone for your personal, non-commercial use. Except as expressly set out above, you may not reproduce, modify or in any way commercially exploit any of the content. </quote>

J.

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