快讯：大都会博物馆将共享37.5万张馆藏作片 多家博物馆开始类似项目
纽约的大都会艺术博物馆已将来自其馆藏的375000张作品图片添加到了创意共享(Creative Commons)网站，作为一项名为“资源开放(Open Acess)”的计划的一部分。任何人都可以使用这些图片而不必担心版权限制。
协助大都会完成该项目的组织是图片共享/社交媒体平台Pinterest，以及经常为研究人员和学术界使用的艺术和文物数据库Artstor。博物馆还计划组织“编辑松”(edit-a-thons)和一些其他活动，来确保所有图像的信息是正确的和最新的。
虽然大都会这个动作很大，但它不是第一个将其馆藏作品的图片上传到免费线上数据库的机构。盖蒂博物馆、达拉斯艺术博物馆、洛杉矶郡艺术博物馆(LACMA)和华盛顿特区的国家美术馆已经开始了类似的项目。“这种新的资源开放的计划发起表明了美术馆希望调整其实践的决心，”大都会馆长托马斯·P·坎贝尔(Thomas P. Campbell)说， “(大都会)现在具有世界上最大和最多样化的资源开放博物馆馆藏。”
Creative Commons，简称CC，中国大陆正式名称为知识共享，台湾正式名称为创用CC。是一个非营利组织，也是一种创作的授权方式。此组织的主要宗旨是增加创意作品的流通可及性，作为其他人据以创作及共享的基础，并寻找适当的法律以确保上述理念。
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art releases 375,000 digital works for remix and re-use online via CC0
Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announces that all public domain images in its collection will be shared under CC0, expanding their digital collection by over 375,000 images.
Jennie Rose Halperin
February 7, 2017
Today, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announces that all public domain images in its collection will be shared under CC0, expanding their digital collection by over 375,000 images as well as providing data on over 420,000 museum objects spanning more than 5,000 years. CC0 allows anyone to use, re-use, and remix a work without restriction. This announcement will shape the future of public domain images online and underscores the Met’s leadership role as one of the most important open museum collections in the world.
Creative Commons CEO Ryan Merkley joined the Met to announce the release. The Met collection of CC0 images can be browsed on the new CC Search beta, also announced this morning.
“Sharing is fundamental to how we promote discovery, innovation, and collaboration in the digital age,” said Merkley. “Today, The Met has given the world a profound gift in service of its mission: the largest museum in the United States has eliminated the barriers that would otherwise prohibit access to its content, and invited the world to use, remix, and share their public domain collections widely and without restriction.”
Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Thomas P. Campbell concurs: “In making images of our public-domain artworks available to audiences under CC0, the Museum is adapting its practice to make our collection available in a way that best meets the needs of 21st-century, digital audiences. We are excited to share with the public new pathways to creativity, knowledge, and ideas as manifest in the greater utility of its collections spanning 5,000 years of art. The Metropolitan Museum of Art thanks Creative Commons, an international leader in collaboration, sharing, and copyright, for beings our partner in this effort.”
At the announcement, Met partners also shared a series of other open initiatives, including the museum’s first Wikipedian-in-residence, a Github repository of the publicly accessible data, and a partnership with ITHAKA-Artstor and Pinterest to provide more extensive access to its collections. More information on these initiatives can be found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Image and Data Resources page.
Our profound thanks to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for making this partnership possible. Today’s announcement is the result of the hard work and leadership of the incredible staff team at The Met, and Creative Commons is proud to have supported the development and implementation of this new policy. Through the power of the commons, billions of people will now be able to enjoy the beauty of the Met’s collections as well as participate in the continued growth of the commons, utilizing the infrastructure that makes greater collaboration possible.
Stay tuned to our social media and Slack for more updates and experience the collection yourself at the new CC Search beta.
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