Kulturskatter på nätet/en

Cultural treasures on the internet is a handbook in copyright questions on the web for galleries, libraries, archives and museums. It contains concrete advice on publishing material on the internet — why you should publish your collections, what free licenses are, what you can do, and how to do it. This is a translation of the Swedish orginal, which has been printed and can be downloaded as a pdf here.

The original brochure, Kulturskatter på nätet (download)

The handbook is published on this website, but it can easily be localized to your country's laws. This version uses Swedish law as an example.

The Swedish online version is continually updated and expanded. We are happy to take comments on the content and will include these and/or add more content in future versions of the text.

Contents

• Introduction
  • Who is this handbook targeted to?
• Do this
• Why publish material on the internet?
• Why publish material under a free license?
  • What copyright status does the material have?
  • What is a free license?
  • How do you publish material under a free license?
• FAQ
  • Loss of revenue
  • A matter of time
  • Getting it perfect
• What can we do?
  • What can we do?
  • Try, early and often
  • Uploading files
  • Make a plan
  • Spread the word about what you are doing
  • Get help
    • Wikipedian in residence
• Glossary
• Help out
• Wikipedia
  • What is Wikipedia?
  • What is Wikimedia Commons?
  • What is Wikimedia Sverige?