The inspiring Ink Works Press has an archive of their political posters created over the past three decades. I was pleased to notice Malaquias Montoya has a print or two in there. I’d have gladly brought you a few of the more inspiring pieces, but the gallery is equipped with a bogus, fear-inspiring, and prohibitive copyright notice. Enjoy gazing.
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The are some great there, thank you for sharing this with us.
e.-Wow, that is indeed an impressive copyright notice. I’m surprised they don’t disable right clicking in the oldstyle!
Hello-
I’m the person responsible for the conception and production of the online Inkworks archive (among others). I’d like to take issue with your view of “bogus, fear-inspiring and prohibitive copyright notice,” however. Even though information may “want to be free,” built knowledge and hard work deserve some fair treatment. This is not a commercial site, and links to the pages work just fine for sharing. But digital public archives, especially those including the artwork of current creators, need some heads-up about appropriate use. We used to do that during the 60s (see ) and I do it now. Is that a problem?
Part two – this system does not allow inclusion of URLs in the body of the message, so the web article about “Movement copyright” described but not linked above is now tied to this message.
Lincoln,
Congratulations on the work you’ve done – I’ve followed your Docs Populi project for some time, and I spent much time with Revolución! in my undergrad. As designers, I feel I speak for all of us at Groundswell when I agree that built knowledge and hard work deserve fair treatment. In fact, it took me a moment to remember why I’d decried your copyright notice, but when I revisited the site I remembered that pop-up notice. Both its interfering with my browsing the gallery, and its strong language scared me off… Unlike the movement copyright that you describe (and which I’d read about on your site before) it seems highly prohibitive, even to folks like us, who have only the best of intentions. It appears on each page, too, making browsing difficult and the user feel like they’re under a stern eye. I understand that each artist probably has a different feeling about the licensing of their work, and, being a curator, it’s not your place to prescribe those options. Is it possible to put a general notice directly on the page – say, in the sidebar with the other details of each piece?
I appreciate the support and feedback – scaring people off is not my intention. However, I’m challenged with the task of simultaneously sharing and protecting the larger images. My true preference for an approach is one I used when I had access to a server-side application from a database – I asked for people to “register” before seeing images, and the warning appears once a session. Unfortunately, I can’t do that right now, so this approach (warnings and blank layer protection) is my compromise. I may tweak the phrasing…