Comments on: Can I use Images from Te Papa’s Collection Online? – The difference between Commercial and Non-Commercial Use

By: Victoria Leachman

Victoria Leachman — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:23:57 +0000

Te Papa does have additional restrictions on images with no known copyright restrictions. As the owner of these images Te Papa believes crediting of images is important because it helps people trace images back to the source. It’s good scholarship. Te Papa also charges for commercial use of its images because Te Papa wants to benefit from this type of use. One of our values is to act commercially as Te Papa is tasked with raising funds to cover around 50% of its operating costs. Charging fees for the commercial use of images through Te Papa Picture Library is one way Te Papa works to cover its costs. Without these charges in place we would be more limited in the activities the museum undertakes.

By: Victoria Leachman

Victoria Leachman — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 23:18:59 +0000

The grey areas in the non-commercial creative commons licenses were a concern for us when we chose to assign creative commons licenses to Te Papa’s images. But we felt it was better to work through the issues as they come up rather than stick with the All Rights Reserved statement on all images. Anyone that has any uncertainty as to whether they can use the images should contact us if they aren’t sure. When we do get an inquiry that isn’t clear I consult with the Te Papa Picture Library staff and we work through the issue. In your example we consider the use of the art to be a commercial display and consequently a commercial use not covered by the Creative Commons licence. You can still use the images – you’ll just need to pay a licence fee for the use.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 21:02:58 +0000

I’m glad Te Papa is making images from its collections available. I’m concerned about the additional restrictions Te Papa is applying to images with “No known copyright restrictions”. Why not simply leave it at that? Why does Te Papa impose additional license terms such as Non-commercial and Attribution on images that are effectively public domain?

By: onetruecathal

onetruecathal — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:41:10 +0000

This still leaves lots of grey area I think. I’m interested in fringe cases, where use is noncommercial but in a clearly commercial context.

Eg: I want to set up a pop up free culture cafe on a street, with pay-what-you-can food and drink. I want music and cardboard art stands. Some of the music or art is CC-XX-XX-NC. I’m not directly selling or profiting from the work, but it’s clearly associated with commercial activity. So can I use it?

By: Victoria Leachman

Victoria Leachman — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 20:22:00 +0000

Thanks for the kind comments. There are over 13,000 images with either No Know Copyright Restrictions or CC-BY-NC-ND statements so far and I’ve still got a fair bit of the collection to go…

By: about snakes

about snakes — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 17:14:11 +0000

very nice gesture!! lovely images as well.

By: Ron Brownson

Ron Brownson — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:14:19 +0000

This is a great initiative by Te Papa.

It takes on board the critical mass of the public’s need to access images of works held in public collections.

The more we see of this openess by New Zealand’s public collections the better.

In the end, it is all about getting images available in the easiest and best manner.
Ron Brownson

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