The new policy is still too restrictive for commons:

"...we do insist that all images personally shot be used ONLY for personal reference. They cannot be published for commercial use."

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On Dec 24, 2010 8:29 AM, "Liam Wyatt" <liamwyatt@gmail.com> wrote:
> I just got sent this:
>
> http://hyperallergic.com/15410/museum-of-arts-design-lifts-photo-ban/
>
> Thought folks in NYC might like to know :-)
> (although, I suppose that many things in there are still copyrighted which
> means that - with no USA freedom of panorama - you still can't put them on
> Commons...)
>
> Perhaps you already new this and it's old news, but good news nevertheless!
>
> Do you have, and if not, do you think it would be valuable to create, a
> document listing the status of various cultural institutions in the NYC area
> according to their photographic and other policies that have bearing on
> free-culture? Perhaps that might be a good pilot project for the
> free-culture alliance??
>
> -Liam
>
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