[OpenGLAM] Open Gallery by Google

Wed Dec 11 16:40:48 UTC 2013

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Launched - Discover #GoogleOpenGallery: the technologies behind Google Art Project freely available to all: http://t.co/Be0g9cyuys
12/10/13 2:56 AM

To be clear, they are making the software that runs the Google Art Project available for free.  It does not seem to be open sourced at all, though I'm not sure because I had to request an invite before I could find out more. As Noreen noted, it doesn't have anything to do with the content itself.  Like Historypin, an individual or institution can choose the license for the imagery, Open or not. 

But it's still cool that they're making the software available for free, because now anyone (at least theoretically) can take a collection that is openly licensed and fire up a Google Art Project instance without going through Google. 

I strongly agree with Heath on rewarding good behavior, and something we're looking at baking into Historypin. 

Jon
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On Dec 11, 2013, at 7:56 AM, Noreen Whysel wrote:

> This is from the Google Cultural Institute About page. Seems to apply to
> Open Gallery:
> 
> Are the images on the Cultural Institute and Art Project site
> copyright-protected?
> 
> The high-resolution imagery featured on the site is owned by their
> respective museums or collections, and these images may be subject to
> various copyright laws around the world. The Street View imagery is owned
> by Google. All imagery on this site is not intended for download and is
> provided for the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit
> of the Cultural Institute site, in the manner permitted by Google’s Terms
> of Service (http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/). The normal
> Google Terms of Service apply to your use of the entire site.
> 
> From the ToS:
> 
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>> Yeah it is a question that is on my mind as well. Last week there was in
>> interview in the Guardian with Amid Sood, head of the Google cultural
>> institute. A very hyping article and they addressed the rights in a
>> paragraph saying:
>> 
>> "The final thing was the rights. Essentially, who owns the rights? We
>> worked really hard with our legal teams and the museums so that we could
>> say to them: you will always own the rights and you have the right to take
>> down content at any time. Once you cross those perceptual, legal barriers,
>> that's when it gets interesting; that's when the excitement begins."
>> 
>> http://www.theguardian.com/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2013/dec/03/amit-sood-google-cultural-institute-art-project
>> 
>> Would be good to have a more in depth chat with him about this :) Anybody
>> happens to have his contact details?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Joris
>> 
>> 
>> 2013/12/11 Dorota Kawêcka <kawecka at innemuzeum.pl>
>> 
>>> Dear all,
>>> 
>>> I'm very curious to hear your opinions about the new Google project -
>>> Google Open Gallery. Only yesterday evening I got sent the link by two
>>> non-GLAM people. I wonder how open is Open Gallery - I've briefly looked
>>> through a Polish contemporary art museum site on this service (
>>> http://mocak.culturalspot.org/home) and I didn't seem to find any
>>> information on copyrights to the artworks. Does anyone know their T&Cs?
>>> I'm
>>> still waiting for my account to be activated.
>>> 
>>> best,
>>> 
>>> Dorota Kawecka
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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