[IP] Change in Policy at the Smithsonian

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carl Malamud" <carl@media.org>
To: <dave@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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