Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
This looks like a really promising development. Reading further, in the open content FAQ, http://www.getty.edu/about/opencontentfaq.html, he links to are the following (cherry-picked) statements:
*Are there copyright restrictions for the Getty's open content images?
*No. The first release includes 4,600 images of works of art believed to be in the public domain—in other words, works not protected by copyright under U.S. law. The Getty does not claim copyright in digital images of public domain artworks.
*May I crop, overprint, or otherwise alter images I've downloaded as part
of the Getty's Open Content Program? *Yes. There are no restrictions on the use of open content images.
*Are images made available through the Getty's Open Content Program
approved for commercial use? I'd like to use one for my company's website/product/brochure. *Yes. However, please do not suggest or imply that the Getty endorses, approves of, or participated in your company, product, service, or project.
This is definitely a promising development! It sounds like they really get it.
Dominic
On 12 August 2013 15:37, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com 8/12/2013 12:37 PM >>>
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
Awesome.
A lot of us have spent time with them - and James. He came to the OpenGLAM US professional development event.
This is awesome! Woot!
Sarah
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On Aug 13, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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Sweet. They look to be encouraging use which is really great too
Sydney
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On Aug 13, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Awesome.
A lot of us have spent time with them - and James. He came to the OpenGLAM US professional development event.
This is awesome! Woot!
Sarah
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 13, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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This is genuinely exciting and quite a forceful statement from them - all the while recognising that the times and best practices have changed and that they should too.
I tested the system a bit.... I chose one of the PD works and clicked download: http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=305961 It gives you a useful caption and metadata and asks what kind of person you are or organisation you represent, and then asks what kind of usage you will make of the image. For the purposes of my experiment I chose "for profit company" and "commercial use", clicked submit and.... it downloaded straight away. No extra hurdles or warnings or requirements to pay etc. I suspect that the two questions are more about their interest in seeing how the files end up getting used - and that is a very fair thing for them to want to try and get stats on.
Fantastic!
wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata
On 13 August 2013 12:07, Sydney sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
Sweet. They look to be encouraging use which is really great too
Sydney
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On Aug 13, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Awesome.
A lot of us have spent time with them - and James. He came to the OpenGLAM US professional development event.
This is awesome! Woot!
Sarah
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 13, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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Hi guys,
This really is great news, very impressive. Would be great to see PD Markers next to the images to make it *even *clearer, but good job Getty!
I've just published a brief news piece about this OpenGLAM:
All the best, Sam
On 13 August 2013 06:36, Liam Wyatt liamwyatt@gmail.com wrote:
This is genuinely exciting and quite a forceful statement from them - all the while recognising that the times and best practices have changed and that they should too.
I tested the system a bit.... I chose one of the PD works and clicked download: http://search.getty.edu/museum/records/musobject?objectid=305961 It gives you a useful caption and metadata and asks what kind of person you are or organisation you represent, and then asks what kind of usage you will make of the image. For the purposes of my experiment I chose "for profit company" and "commercial use", clicked submit and.... it downloaded straight away. No extra hurdles or warnings or requirements to pay etc. I suspect that the two questions are more about their interest in seeing how the files end up getting used - and that is a very fair thing for them to want to try and get stats on.
Fantastic!
wittylama.com Peace, love & metadata
On 13 August 2013 12:07, Sydney sydney.poore@gmail.com wrote:
Sweet. They look to be encouraging use which is really great too
Sydney
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 13, 2013, at 6:51 AM, Sarah Stierch sarah.stierch@gmail.com wrote:
Awesome.
A lot of us have spent time with them - and James. He came to the OpenGLAM US professional development event.
This is awesome! Woot!
Sarah
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 13, 2013, at 3:37 AM, Lori Phillips lori.byrd.phillips@gmail.com wrote:
Hello all,
I was very excited to see this blog post come out of the Getty today, from CEO James Cuno, who is both a polarizing and respected force in the museum world. In the U.S. we've been trying to encourage the Getty to release their Vocabularies into the public domain for years. In my last effort, I had the Dallas Museum of Art's Rob Stein tell me he would be sure to "strongly encourage" this as soon as he could, because there was really no reason why it shouldn't be. So that is a great win for us, in addition to the fact that the Getty is a new proponent and advocate for open culture in general.
http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/open-content-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/
I'm also personally quite proud that the recent Horizon Report: Museum Edition was cited as his rationale, thanks to the fact that Open Content was included as a near-term horizon in the 2012 report. We worked hard to get that included this year, since Open Content has been on the bubble in past Horizon Reports. It's also exciting to see the Walters listed first among Cuno's listing of forward thinking institutions in the US who have paved the way for open culture.
This blog should prove useful for those still needing convincing - enjoy!
Lori
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