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Here is a post to inform you of two conferences that will take place at the end of November and beginning of December, one in London, one in Paris. Both are organised by the Wikimedia Foundation in partnership with arts institutions who will be presenting and discussing their experiences on knowledge sharing and partnerships with Wikimedia in that regard. As structured organisations with a deep sense of hierarchy and copyright protection of their pieces and collections,  arts organisations tend to present themselves as essentially resisting these notions, although avid readers of Museum 2.0, Museum 3.0, and French speaking readers of Mixeum are fully aware that the picture of museums today on these issues is a fragmented one. 

mspro hat Unrecht, wir müssen das Urheberrecht doch nicht abschaffen

"So what is spreadable media good for? * To generate active commitment from the audience, * To empower them and make them an integral part of your product's success, * To benefit from online word-of-mouth * To reach niche, highly interconnected audiences, * but most of all, to communicate with audiences where they already are, and in a way that they value. ...an open photo policy is a cornerstone of any institution that sees itself as a visitor-centered platform for participatory engagement. Here are five reasons I think museums should have totally open photo policies: