[cc-community] Flickr Commons Initiative
Rachel Cobcroft
rachel at creativecommons.org.au
Mon Apr 7 23:45:42 EDT 2008
Hi all,
An exciting announcement from the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney:
Today they're joining with Flickr 'Commons,' http://www.flickr.com/commons, as the first museum in the world to release publicly-held historical photographs for access on Flickr. PHM joins the US Library of Congress, the world's largest photo library, which released its first images for public access in January this year. The images are designated 'no known copyright restrictions.'
An initial 200 black and white images from the Powerhouse's Tyrrell Collection of Sydney life in the late 1800s and early 1900s are now available for public viewing and tagging. They had previously been accessed by specialist audiences.
The PHM also publishes select images from its 'Photo of the Day' blog under Creative Commons, at
http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/imageservices/.
They encourage you to write feedback on their blog. For further information on the initiative, please contact Hayley Gallant on hayleyg at phm.gov.au<mailto:hayleyg at phm.gov.au>.
Regards,
Rachel
Research Officer
Creative Commons Clinic
Queensland University of Technology
ph: +61 (0)7 3138 9593
fax: +61 (0)7 3138 9395
http://creativecommons.org.au<http://creativecommons.org.au/>
rachel at creativecommons.org.au<mailto:rachel at creativecommons.org.au>
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