Join Open Copyright Education Advisory Network (OCEAN) on Zoom for their upcoming Discussion Series. As always, there are no fees to attend but registration is required. They also ask that all participants please respect OCEAN’s Code of Conduct. First Panel: May 5, 2023 @ 12:00 PM EDT/9:00 AM PDT: The Internet Archive Case Update and…
Artists Rights Society (ARS) has launched a new digital affiliate, ARSNL.art (pronounced ‘arsenal’). ARS describes ARSNL as “[r]ooted in legacy, born from technology” as they continue their fight to establish artist resale royalty through legislation it introduced in Congress, arguing for the opportunities that blockchain technology provides for all creators in the form of resale…
When the Library of Congress redesigned the Library’s home page in late 2016 they began featuring free-to-use sets at the bottom of the page. Each set displayed on the home page is now available from the Free to Use and Reuse page. The Library believes that this content is either in the public domain, a…
The Metropolitan Museum of Art took to Facebook Live today to announce their new Open Access policy, which makes images of artworks it believes to be in the public domain widely and freely available for unrestricted use, and at no cost, in accordance with the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) designation and the Terms and Conditions…
The Yale Center for British Art has just released more than 22,000 additional high-resolution images through its online collection. To date, the Center has made more than 69,000 images freely available online. This most recent release was made in conjunction with Public Domain Day, and while most of the artworks themselves are not new entries…
The Guggenheim has donated 100 images of artworks from its collection to Wikipedia in anticipation for its second Wikipedia “edit-a-thon” on Tuesday, May 19. During the event, participants at the museum and online can add information in Wikipedia as a way to explore the history, impact and influence of these artists and their works of…