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- Should people be allowed to freely download images? Are we comfortable with free high res tiff currently available?
- At the start of the project there was excitement about a more open access goal.
- Rights and Reproduction (R&R) tends to cost more in salary than is gained from fees.
- Will photos include embedded metadata that CHF is the creator, just in case the image gets used widely.
- Doesn't match user behavior - won't check this.
- Many online tools such as Facebook strip the technical metadata
- Hillary suggested possibly adding an intermediary step to have users check a box to acknowledged the R&R terms and details before downloading (e.g. JSTOR)
- Scholars and publishers often contact R&R to confirm the permissions, so this can help with clarification.
- concern this Some concerned extra click-through for download could be a barrier to usability.
- Public domain works should be clear that they do not need any permissions.
- Some of this will be addressed when designing website. Conversations have already begun. For example, should R&R page on website be copied into Hydra or linked to the website?
- Anna confirmed that a lighbox could pop up that pulled the rights metadata from the record. A link could be placed to full R&R data on another page and link to RightsStatements.org
- Sarah brought up the difference between the legal requirements and the best practice ethical goals when dealing with this issue and that is a good idea to distinguish between them.
- Hillary stressed importance of putting the responsibility for checking permissions for use onto the user.
- Everyone seemed to share a broad concern for making sure the user understands what their rights are in regard to the image, not a concern for limiting access or downloads.
- Jim mentioned another library incorrectly adding a copyright warning on public domain works. Everyone shared the belief that works in public domain should be clearly presented as public domain.
- Cat recommended adding a sample citation somewhere that shows users how to correctly cite this work.
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