On Wednesday, 9 September 2015, Rubén Ojeda <rodelarwiki@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi Jason!

That´s right, the museums own the copyright of the images, so
shouldn´t be problem uploading the images, only with an OTRS
permission to make it clear in Commons.

Cheers

2015-09-09 10:49 GMT+02:00, Jason J. Evans <jason.evans@llgc.org.uk>:
> Hi Ruben (and Sara!)
>
> Does the institution own the copyright? or are you seeking permission from
> 3rd party copyright holders?
>
> I am a Wikipedian in Residence at the National Library of Wales and have
> been uploading images on behalf of the Library. Most are out of copyright
> and are released on a public domain tag but if the works are in copyright
> and the Library owns the copyright we simply release them on a CC-0 license.
> Just make it clear on Commons where the images came from.
>
> As i understand it, you would only need to use a OTRS permission if the
> copyright for the images is owned by someone other than the institutions you
> are working for.
>
> I'm sure someone will correct me if i'm wrong. I hope that helps.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason
>
> --
> Jason Evans
> Wicipediwr Preswyl / Wikipedian in Residence
> Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales
> jason.evans@llgc.org.uk
> Ffon/Tel: +44 (0)1970 632405
>
>
> On Wednesday, September 9, 2015 09:30 BST, Rubén Ojeda
> <rodelarwiki@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Sara!
>>
>> Thanks for your welcome!. That´s right, most of the images aren´t in
>> public domain (mainly they are modern pictures, for example of pieces)
>> so my intention is to upload them with an OTRS permission; what do you
>> think, is it correct?.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> 2015-09-09 10:09 GMT+02:00, Sara Thomas <sa.thomas@live.com>:
>> > Hello Rubén!,
>> > I'm a Wikimedian in Residence in Scotland - welcome to the world of
>> > GLAM-Wiki, and best of luck for your project. Hope it goes well!
>> >
>> > Just to echo what Liam said - if the images aren't in the public domain,
>> > do
>> > make sure that you have the necessary permissions to release on an open
>> > licence. If you do - well done, that's fantastic!
>> > If there are any images on Flickr which are marked (or can be marked)
>> > with
>> > an open license, then you could use Flickr2Commons:
>> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Flickr2commons, which is relatively
>> > simple.
>> >
>> > All the best, Sara
>> > Thomashttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:GLAM/Museums_Galleries_Scotland
>> >
>> >> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 22:10:04 +0200
>> >> From: rodelarwiki@gmail.com
>> >> To: GLAM@lists.wikimedia.org
>> >> Subject: [GLAM] Glaming Madrid
>> >>
>> >> Hello everyone!
>> >>
>> >> From yesterday until January 7, 2016, Wikimedia Spain enters three
>> >> state museums, the Museum of Romanticism, the Museo del Traje (Costume
>> >> Museum) and the National Archaeological Museum, where I´ll work as
>> >> wikipedian in residence.
>> >>
>> >> Besides promoting the Wikimedia projects in the three institutions, it
>> >> will be carried out various activities open to the public, like
>> >> edit-a-thons and training sessions, aimed to explain how Wikipedia
>> >> works and generate content related to the museums and their
>> >> collections: the nineteenth century in Spain, fashion, ethnography and
>> >> archeology. Another highlight will be the donation of multimedia files
>> >> (documents, pictures or recordings) under a free license to Wikimedia
>> >> Commons, in order to illustrate contents of the various Wikimedia
>
>> >> projects.
>> >>
>> >> The Museum of Romanticism has cataloged more than 16,000 museum
>> >> pieces. It offers collections of paintings, miniatures, furniture,
>> >> decorative arts, prints, drawings and photographs collections, which
>> >> offer a broad panorama of the arts during the Romantic era in Spain.
>> >> The Costume Museum has collections dedicated to fashion, costumes and
>> >> ethnography, with a collection of over 170,000 pieces and documents;
>> >> these collections date from the Middle Ages to the contemporary
>> >> fashion of Spain. The National Archaeological Museum is, since 1867,
>> >> the leading Spanish institution in the preservation of historical
>
>> >> pieces. Its permanent collection includes over 15,000 items from
>> >> Prehistory, Early history, Roman Spain, Greece, Egypt and the Near
>> >> East, Middle Ages and Modern Age.
>> >>
>> >> In relation to the uploading of files to Wikimedia Commons, what tool
>> >> do you recommend me to use? (their files are not in public domain).
>> >>
>> >> Best,
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Rubén Ojeda | Wikimedia España
>> >> rubenojeda@wikimedia.es | @rubojeda <https://twitter.com/rubojeda>
>> >>
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