Right after I read Sharon’s post on the Smithsonian Images site and copyright, I stumbled across this Flickr collection of over 6,000 images from the Smithsonian Images site that “appear to be overwhelmingly in the public domain.” A memo from Public.Resource.Org explains their rationale.
Indeed. Flickr rocks my world on a daily basis, and I’m always happy to see more images — especially the ones that we collectively own as a public.