Hi James
Three quick questions:
- The sign-up asks if you're an individual or an organisation, so does
this mean that you're going to let anyone use it as a platform
(possibly answered already by your comment about 'whitelist mode', and
by the statement 'Powerful free tools for *artists*, museums, archives
and galleries', but thought I'd check how far that might extend, for
example into the realms of private collectors, historians,
genealogists ...?)
- Will there be any cross-gallery interface or tools like search?
- Do users get a sandbox type environment or at least the ability to
hide their entire gallery, or bits of it, whilst developing the
content?
Thanks, James
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James Morley
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www.whatsthatpicture.com / @PhotosOfThePast
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On Wed, Dec 11, 2013 at 10:26 AM, James Davis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Zak, the terms you've posted are actually from Google's general terms of
> service. Part of the Open Gallery terms relating to content are actually
> copied below (and for a technical reason relating to us being in whitelist
> mode these terms are only viewable when you have been whitelisted. Sorry
> for now...:-)
> Your Content in our Platform
>
> Our Platform allows you to submit content. You retain ownership of any
> intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what
> belongs to you stays yours.
>
> Our Platform will give you the option to make your content discoverable
> either (a) narrowly, through Google Open Gallery only; or (b) broadly,
> through both Google Open Gallery and other Google products and services
> (collectively, the “Discoverability Options”).
>
> When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Platform, you give
> Google (and those we work with) a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide
> license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works
> (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we
> make so that your content works better with our Platform), communicate,
> publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content
> according to the Discoverability Options you select through the Platform.
>
> The rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of
> operating and promoting the Platform, and improving the discoverability of
> your content according to the Discoverability Options you select through
> the Platform.
>
> You can access and remove your content from the Platform at any time, and
> we will stop using the content that you provided through the Platform as
> soon as our systems are able to delete the content from our licensed
> content databases. Also, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope
> of our use of the content submitted through the Platform.
>
> Make sure you have the necessary rights to grant us this license for any
> content that you submit to our Platform.
>
> You are solely responsible for the selection and organization of your
> content on the Platform. Your use of the Platform is subject to the Google
> Open Gallery Content Policy. We may suspend or stop providing the Platform
> to you if you do not comply with our terms or policies.
>
> Because we believe you should decide whether and how to directly monetize
> your content, you can choose to monetize your content through the Platform;
> Google will not charge fees for, display advertisements alongside, or
> otherwise monetize your content through the Platform. If you select a
> Discoverability Option that allows your content to be broadly discoverable
> through other Google products and services, the advertising and
> monetization policies of those other Google products and services will
> apply.
>
> If you have a Google Account, we may display your Profile name, Profile
> photo, and actions you take on Google or on third-party applications
> connected to your Google Account (such as +1s, reviews you write and
> comments you post) in our Platform, including displaying in ads and other
> commercial contexts. We will respect the choices you make to limit sharing
> or visibility settings in your Google Account. For example, you can choose
> your settings so your name and photo do not appear in an ad.
>
> You can find more information about how Google uses and stores content in
> the privacy policy or additional terms for particular Platform. If you
> submit feedback or suggestions about our Platform, we may use your feedback
> or suggestions without obligation to you.
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Zak Mensah <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was waiting for the lawyers/smart folk here to read the legal stuff...
>> from what I understand by using the service you give Google the rights to
>> use images for now and forever more... I'm guessing it is FREE but you we
>> are paying in IPR? Guessing if you use a good CC license this isn't a
>> problem....
>>
>> When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give
>> Google (and those we work with) a worldwide license to use, host, store,
>> reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from
>> translations, adaptations or other changes we make so that your content
>> works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform,
>> publicly display and distribute such content. The rights you grant in this
>> license are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting, and improving
>> our Services, and to develop new ones. This license continues even if you
>> stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing you have added
>> to Google Maps). Some Services may offer you ways to access and remove
>> content that has been provided to that Service. Also, in some of our
>> Services, there are terms or settings that narrow the scope of our use of
>> the content submitted in those Services. Make sure you have the necessary
>> rights to grant us this license for any content that you submit to our
>> Services.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Joy
>> Palmer
>> Sent: 10 December 2013 16:27
>> To: Zak Mensah; Museums Computer Group
>> Subject: [MCG] Google Open Gallery
>>
>> Hi All,
>> I can't believe I'm the first person to mention this on this list (so will
>> presume not!) but I've just heard about Google Open Gallery, which gives
>> free tools for artists, museums, archives and galleries to create
>> galleries. You can request an invite here:
>> http://www.google.com/opengallery
>>
>> More about the initiative here:
>> http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/12/10/google-launches-open-gallery-help-museum-gallery-create-online-exhibits/#!px1eH
>>
>> Pretty fascinating to see how/if this takes off and how Google is
>> approaching this from an 'open' and technological perspective (how it might
>> work with aggregators like Europeana for example) But I can see a real
>> demand in many smaller institutions. Interesting to consider the
>> implications.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Joy
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Joy Palmer, PhD
>> Senior Manager, Libraries, Archives and Cultural Heritage Head of
>> Marketing & User Research
>>
>> Mimas, University of Manchester
>> Oxford Road
>> M13 9PL
>>
>> http://mimas.ac.uk
>>
>> M: 07766 747670
>> T: @joypalmer
>> E: [log in to unmask]
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