On 6 November 2017 at 13:25, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
On 6 November 2017 at 11:01, Fæ
<faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Volunteers interested in GLAM may be interested
to read the letter to
The Times today from an extensive list of highly respected academics
and museum directors, lobbying against arbitrary image fees charged by
UK national museums and their doubtful claims of copyright.
Images of the text of the letter, and full list of signatories, are on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/arthistorynews/status/927434064222662657
https://twitter.com/arthistorynews/status/927434156992290816
Has anyone from WMUK reached out to Bendor Grosvenor, and. or the
other signatories?
If not, I'd be wiling to contact the former, with whom I have
previously corresponded.
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Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
Andy, did you hear back from anyone in the UK chapter in the past
week? I'll be happy to support any initiative involving the Wikimedia
community and Grosvenor's work to put pressure on UK museums to give
free access to high quality public domain images. It would be a
reasonable activity to ask for WMF grant money, should there be any
related volunteer expenses.
Thanks,
Fae
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faewik(a)gmail.com
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae