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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-11-06more like thisremove minimum value filter
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Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept id 10 more like this
answering dept short name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
answering dept sort name Digital, Culture, Media and Sport more like this
hansard heading Museums and Galleries: Copyright remove filter
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government how much income was raised by each National Museum by licensing images of out of copyright works in the last five years. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Freyberg more like this
uin HL2908 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-11-16more like thismore than 2017-11-16
answer text <p>Decisions about image licensing and fees, and related copyright, are operational matters for the national museums as arm’s length bodies of government. As such, we do not hold data on the amount of income raised by image fees, on licences offered or the impact of fees on academic use.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the process for requesting permission to reproduce images can be found on the respective websites of the national museums. The policies of both the National Gallery and the National Portrait Gallery for example, allow some print reproduction of images for scholarly purposes free of charge, and several national museums offer or may offer a discount where image reproduction is for an academic purpose. Others, such as the British Museum and Science Museum, allow images to be used by the public under a Creative Commons licence. Additionally, many national museums have demonstrated significant efforts towards digitising their collections and in doing so are making our national collections accessible to the nation in new ways.</p><p> </p><p>National museums are bound to provide free, in person, access to the permanent collections as a condition of government Grant-in-aid (GIA) funding and this policy has been a great success. Provided this condition is met, national museums are permitted and encouraged to pursue commercial activities, which may include image licensing. Such activities are an important supplement to museums in supporting their objectives to facilitate participation for people of all ages and backgrounds.</p><p> </p>
answering member printed Lord Ashton of Hyde more like this
grouped question UIN
HL2904 more like this
HL2905 more like this
HL2906 more like this
HL2907 more like this
HL2909 more like this
HL2997 more like this
HL2998 more like this
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less than 2017-11-16T16:08:30.603Zmore like thismore than 2017-11-16T16:08:30.603Z
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label Biography information for Lord Ashton of Hyde more like this
tabling member
2593
label Biography information for Lord Freyberg more like this