On 6 November 2017 at 13:25, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 November 2017 at 11:01, Fæ <[email protected]> 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. > > -- > 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 -- [email protected] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
