How Was Your Day thread

Rhedosaurus wrote:

CT-1138 wrote:

Had a really fun day. My photo class got special access to the city library's archives where we got to handle original prints from the 1893 Columbian World Exposition as well as view original artifacts from the fair. We had to sign waivers to document them, and promise we wouldn't post any of the photos we took of the documents to social media.

Why didn't they want them posted to social media? Wouldn't it make sense TO post them as some form of backups if the originals were lost/destroyed or get ruined by time?

Some of the mages are still under their original copyrights, some of them are under the ownership of the library. Either way, the library only grants access to the archives for either research or personal enjoyment purposes. They don't allow access for public entertainment, and stuff published to social media is considered public domain.

CT-1138 wrote:

Rhedosaurus wrote:

CT-1138 wrote:

Had a really fun day. My photo class got special access to the city library's archives where we got to handle original prints from the 1893 Columbian World Exposition as well as view original artifacts from the fair. We had to sign waivers to document them, and promise we wouldn't post any of the photos we took of the documents to social media.

Why didn't they want them posted to social media? Wouldn't it make sense TO post them as some form of backups if the originals were lost/destroyed or get ruined by time?

Some of the mages are still under their original copyrights, some of them are under the ownership of the library. Either way, the library only grants access to the archives for either research or personal enjoyment purposes. They don't allow access for public entertainment, and stuff published to social media is considered public domain.

But libraries are public places since they are paid/funded by taxpayers. So how can a public place not allow something for public domain?

Rhedosaurus wrote:

CT-1138 wrote:

Rhedosaurus wrote:

CT-1138 wrote:

Had a really fun day. My photo class got special access to the city library's archives where we got to handle original prints from the 1893 Columbian World Exposition as well as view original artifacts from the fair. We had to sign waivers to document them, and promise we wouldn't post any of the photos we took of the documents to social media.

Why didn't they want them posted to social media? Wouldn't it make sense TO post them as some form of backups if the originals were lost/destroyed or get ruined by time?

Some of the mages are still under their original copyrights, some of them are under the ownership of the library. Either way, the library only grants access to the archives for either research or personal enjoyment purposes. They don't allow access for public entertainment, and stuff published to social media is considered public domain.

But libraries are public places since they are paid/funded by taxpayers. So how can a public place not allow something for public  domain?

It's still available for for research purposes, for free mind you, but like I said, items under copyright can't be reproduced and put into the public domain. It would be the same as if I scanned an entire chapter of any Harry Potter book from a library and posted them up on Facebook. The books may be in a public library, but they're there for personal consumption or research purposes. You cant take something that's copyrighted and just make it public.

Terrible