[info] [IP] Change in Policy at the Smithsonian

[Eugen Leitl]

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From: Dave Farber <dave at farber.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 04:22:53 +0900
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Subject: [IP] Change in Policy at the Smithsonian
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Malamud" <carl at media.org>
To: <dave at farber.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 5:12 AM
Subject: Change in Policy at the Smithsonian


>Hi Dave -
>
>For IP if you wish.
>
>I'm pleased to report that the curator in the history of 
>photography collection at the Smithsonian has approved my
>most recent purchase of hi-res scans.  I stated that the
>purpose of my purchase was "upload to the Internet."  I
>also noticed the copyright strings embedded in the images
>have been modified to reflect the new policy.  
>
>Here's a pointer to a Flickr set with the images and our
>bulk download site:
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/publicresourceorg/sets/72157601200446023/
>http://bulk.resource.org/si.edu/
>
>In a related develoment, I received a very nice email from
>Acting Secretary Samper, and another note from Ann Speyer,
>the Institution's CIO.  The Smithsonian has formed a
>pan-Institution task force to re-examine copyright policies,
>and my understanding from Ms. Speyer is that members of
>the public will be invited to give input this fall.
>
>The Smithsonian Institution should be congratulated on
>both these steps!
>
>Best regards,
>
>Carl
>
>

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