public task but not available for re-use "[a]ny documents where re-use would be against the public interest having regard to [...] in the case [of] human remains held in the collection, the principles set out in Guidance for the Care of Human Remains in Museums (DCMS 2004) [... and] in the case [of] cultural property generally, the principles set out in the Combating Illicit Trade: Due Diligence Guidelines for Museums, Libraries and Archives on Collecting and Borrowing Cultural Material (DCMS 2005)".[1] This latter category of documents and reuse is relevant to the next section on Ethical Statements and cultural sensitivities.
Birmingham Museums Trust also takes a high/low resolution approach. Documents "generally available for free re-use" under the public task include "If]actual data about works in the collection which has been intentionally published" and "[dligital images of works in the collection up to 3Mb files, at no more than 300dpi, limited to copyright-expired works" under the CC0 public domain dedication. Available for re-use at a charge are "higher resolution images of copyright-expired works in the collection, whether as jpegs or tiff images".[2] In truth, this qualifies Birmingham Museums Trust and others in the 'All eligible data - no new rights' category as falling outside its scope and instead within the 'Some eligible data - no new rights' category. However, because the images are of such a high resolution, this GLAM remains categorised by this report as 'All eligible data - no new rights'. Others remain in that category for similar or different reasons, as discussed in Section 3.4.
The Science Museum Group defines "the production of replicas or reproduction of objects relating to science and technology, or of souvenirs" and the "sale of information" related to that as activities that "diversify and increase private and commercial funding opportunities". Within these activities, the policy distinguishes between (1) "[s]creen-resolution images of objects in the collection where a Creative Commons license is specified on the webpage [and] documents expressly produced for free and unrestricted public access in partnership with public bodies" and (2) those that are "high-resolution" and "available through the Science and Society Picture Library". Similar to the British Museum, the Group defines documents having regard to human remains (and the DCMS Guidance on human remains) and cultural property (and the DCMS Guidance on due diligence) as "inside the Public Task but not generally available for re-use". In the notes, the Group specifies that "[c]ollection records (not including photographs) and some other datasets are inside the public task and where specified on the webpage, are available for free reuse [as CC0 1.0]".[3]
By contrast, both the Government Art Collection and The National Archives exclude images from documents produced in the performance of the public task (or at least from documents subject to the Open Government Licence). The Government Art Collection's public task is not on the website, but the Crown copyright policy includes a section on Copyright of images' that states "[i]mages of works of art on this site are not covered by the Open Government licence. If you wish to reproduce any of the works featured on this site, please contact the Government Art Collection."[4] The National Archives informs users that images fall outside the public task: "The National Archives actively seeks to maximise the public value of its collection, including by undertaking activities that are beyond its Public Task. For example, other people or organisations might commission or fund the digitisation of public records (producing digital surrogates), in partnership with The National Archives, to widen access or to achieve a commercial return. Information created for these purposes
