A note for potential tourists - the British Library is not 'one of the biggest museums in the world' because... it's a library. However, the British Museum IS a museum. Come visit.
But the British Library (in the King's Cross area of London) does have a small permanent collection of books and documents on display, which is well worth a visit if you've got an hour or so to spare.
Top tourist tip: many British museums are free to visit, highly recommend V&A, Science and Natural History -there's a great day out right there! (It seems they now make most of their money by merchandise and special exhibitions...)
Honestly one of the best pod and redbubble, teespring design related channel i have ever come across with some really good content. Love your work and i hope i can also make some good money doing these.
Thank you so much. This video is amazing. I do not know that. I love maps, vintage maps and globes and I saw your video happily. Thanks again. Cheers from Spain.
Maps are and have always been some of the most expensive IP to produce, so they are not only typically under copyright but also stringently protected. Eg, most map makers inserted hidden errors in their maps to be able to tell that someone has used their map.
For the last couple of days your videos have popped up for me to view. I just want to say thank you in advance of using this information. You are so kind and helpful sharing this. I wish you further success with your channels. All the best! Thank you so much!
Wonderful! Thank you for showing how you find these. I too find many of the museum and archive websites very hard to navigate so this gives us some great searching tools!
It's crazy how many times I said WOW! watching this! Those maps had me salivating, absolutely GORGEOUS!! Thanks, you've inspired me, NEW SUB!! P.S. I respect your Zen-ness!!
This video is incredible helpful because I have tried to find prints of nice antique maps online several times over the years and I never succeeded. Your tips make it seem so simple. Pretty embarrassing kind of. I saved your video for reference for my next attempt. Now I „only“ need to convince my significant other about hanging up maps.
Your channel is the best of all that I have watched. You are so helpful! Thank you for doing such a great job. I am going to use the other cool pictures on there too, besides the maps.
That was a terrific video, incredibly helpful and well done. You deserve a Like and I subscribed, because brother, if this is your level of commitment I am all in. Thanks man.
Thanks for providing great content, I have learned a lot about POD strategies, for sure! Question, do you know of any FREE for public use "quotations" websites?
I take it the Library of Congress doesn't have a good option for locating or searching out old and vintage maps? BTW Thank you so much for the info about to start bookmarking pages now I love old illuminated maps.
Yes great question - LOC has great maps but their interface is clunky (in my opinion) so I want to eventually do a Library of Congress walkthrough in a bit more detail. I need to get that video done!
Another great video, so incredibly helpful, thank you! I have been binge watching you and just when I thought I'd reached the end, I find another video. This is my favorite TH-cam channel EVER!!! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. :)
Thank you for the kind words - I have another channel that I run with my wife over here: th-cam.com/channels/9eXZ6Ta2B9BBC8JfH-ozXw.html more public domain goodness
Thank you sir. I have a question, do we need some sort of editing before we use the maps on print on demand like t shirt or poster? Maybe retouching the image, or adding strokes things like that. Could you please make a tutorial video about that? Thanks again.
What is your opinion on making multiple stores on redbubble for different niches? How would one go about it? Do I need different paypals for all the different stores? Keep up the great work, it helps a lot!
Yes I have heard this is possible but I have not done it personally (other than I help out on my wife’s shop). I would recommend contacting RB first and get it in writing just in case the account police decide to start shutting things down 🚔
Anything older than 1928 (as of 2024) - 95 years, is in the public domain. Digital copies of public domain works are also public domain, as long as they have not been altered. Walt Disney made his career taking fairy tales that were in the public domain, and retooling them as cartoons. The fairy tales are in the public domain, but the Disney movies (at this point) are not. Anyone can sell the story or Snow White, without issue. You cannot sell the Disney movie Snow White. As long as you keep that in mind, you should be safe. Having notation that a work is public domain is better.
Mr Zen, if you have time, can you explain how to upload designs ( pins) to Pinterest the right way? I know we can go thru RB directly. But we can also use canva to make pins the right size. Where I get stuck is when Pinterest asks for the link. I don’t know how to get the link on my product on RB. Is it just the long URL that appears in the main search bar or whatever it’s called? Wouldn’t that URL be too long? Any advice is appreciated
Yes - many museum websites say that their work is under copyright. However, it is questionable whether they could ever enforce it. (They would have a hard time proving that anyone took the museum’s copy vs. Another one online. If it is public domain, they can certainly ask, but it is up to each person’s ethics as to whether or not it is belonging to that museum.
Yes it is a very large collection but they state it is not for commercial use, so I don’t typically include it in the map videos. Great collection though!
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That's weird, it looks like it moved! There's a link on "Watercolour World" here: www.watercolourworld.org/collection/british-library-king-george-iii-topographical-collection. They marked the sight at copyright 2022 (but personally I don't see how that is enforceable as these are public domain pictures but everyone can judge their morals I guess).
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It depends on the site - but generally you would create artwork based on those maps and then put the art on products. So you could make a nice looking pattern or remove a background, lots of options to be creative. Or just have a shop that sells old map designs as is.
No "Public Domain" option for me. You join with free option and it does not look anything like this. As for "The British Library!" It´s a library dude, not a museum. Flickr also has nothing to do with the library either, it was only a stand alone public photographic community, were you could get advice and feedback on your work. Yet later started to move away from only the photo side. Most of the photos there should be protected and if not only posted at a middle quality range, not good enough for printing on an A3 for example and permission should always be asked for prior to downloading. What you see on screen is only a pixel for pixel online low quality version, as the site has rules for that. Searching for specific maps would be impossible, due to the standard subjects posted. Also the old printed maps have nothing to do with Art, they are not even produced with any Artistic intentions other than to give a perspective. Please think more about what you say, you are allowed to be impressed by the skills, techniques and overall results in historically recorded Cartography processes, including their limited printed quality, that often was defied by just those limitations (line thickness etc) yet Art had very little to do with the whole process.
But the photo / image taken of the map belongs to someone - they have copyright to that photo. Putting that photo in the public domain is the gift here.
Yeah, the other commenter here is correct. The reason so many famous paintings, e.g. aren't publicly available is because the hi-res images themselves are owned by their respective institutions. The photograph or scan is a separate piece of media.
It depends who owns the copyright or trademark. Some authors, for example, left their intellectual property rights to corporations (like a health industry childens hospital) 100+ years ago, while others (like some big corporations or governments) have grabbed expired c or tm images and books and legally claim them as their own. Also, the phrase "in perpetuity" sticks in my mind, though I can't quite recall anything else about it. My point is just because something's old doesn't mean it's public domain / free use.
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A note for potential tourists - the British Library is not 'one of the biggest museums in the world' because... it's a library. However, the British Museum IS a museum. Come visit.
But the British Library (in the King's Cross area of London) does have a small permanent collection of books and documents on display, which is well worth a visit if you've got an hour or so to spare.
Top tourist tip: many British museums are free to visit, highly recommend V&A, Science and Natural History -there's a great day out right there!
(It seems they now make most of their money by merchandise and special exhibitions...)
Honestly one of the best pod and redbubble, teespring design related channel i have ever come across with some really good content. Love your work and i hope i can also make some good money doing these.
Redbubble sucks
Thank you so much. This video is amazing. I do not know that. I love maps, vintage maps and globes and I saw your video happily. Thanks again. Cheers from Spain.
Wow 🎉 thank you so much. I will use this right away to start including these in my lessons. And for my home art. Thanks so much.
So awesome, now I want to design a website just for maps!
Wow! 10 000 subscribers! Congratulations!!! :) You've got great content!
Thx for sharing dude! I really love Vintage stuff, especially Maps! No regret subscribing to your channel! Thanks again and keep up the great work!
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Very interesting. Thank you for sharing your research into these reliable sources.
Bro, I just love your work. You give away so much helpful information, along with good ideas, for free. It's greatly appreciated.
Never had I even considered a map being copy written, so thank you for this❤❤❤
Maps are and have always been some of the most expensive IP to produce, so they are not only typically under copyright but also stringently protected. Eg, most map makers inserted hidden errors in their maps to be able to tell that someone has used their map.
Misread the channel name. Thought it's "Zen Watercolour". Derp. However, very interesting video. Thanks for sharing it.
I've been called worse! Welcome aboard!
@@zenwatercooler Lol! Thanks!
For the last couple of days your videos have popped up for me to view. I just want to say thank you in advance of using this information. You are so kind and helpful sharing this. I wish you further success with your channels. All the best! Thank you so much!
Hi Jasmin thank you so much for the kind words, much appreciated! 😎😎😎
You're very welcome. :)
Absolutely magic resource video. Thank you sooo much. Great job in putting this together. 👏⚓️🏴
Mucho thanks. What a resource. You will have me flitting all over the web looking for graphic treasure.
Wonderful! Thank you for showing how you find these. I too find many of the museum and archive websites very hard to navigate so this gives us some great searching tools!
Thank you. Very generous and helpful. A real insight into maps in the public domain.
Fantastic video - thanks. Very helpful - especially the British Library / Flickr tip.
It's crazy how many times I said WOW! watching this! Those maps had me salivating, absolutely GORGEOUS!! Thanks, you've inspired me, NEW SUB!! P.S. I respect your Zen-ness!!
Extremely useful - many thanks, I shall enjoy browsing these sources.
Excellent sleuthing, looking for two specific old maps for a TH-cam - thanks!
This video is incredible helpful because I have tried to find prints of nice antique maps online several times over the years and I never succeeded. Your tips make it seem so simple. Pretty embarrassing kind of. I saved your video for reference for my next attempt. Now I „only“ need to convince my significant other about hanging up maps.
Thank you for your feedback! Yes I agree, these old maps are beautiful art!!
Very helpful! Well explained. Thank-you!
Great resources, thank you for sharing 🙏
Superb, my relief maps might finally get some vintage make over
Nice one dude, new subscriber ✌🏻
Your channel is the best of all that I have watched. You are so helpful! Thank you for doing such a great job. I am going to use the other cool pictures on there too, besides the maps.
Such a helpful video, thank you 😊
Absolutely wonderful. Thank you for sharing. Peace.
Thank you so much I have subscribed. Such a great resource 😊
Thank you very much
Very very very informative
SO AWESOME! Cheers once again
Thank you so much Jordan! 🔥🔥
Very useful, thank you.
You have been KILLING it with the content lately!! Keep up the great work!!!
That was a terrific video, incredibly helpful and well done. You deserve a Like and I subscribed, because brother, if this is your level of commitment I am all in. Thanks man.
As always, WELL DONE! :) Thanks so much for your great content! Take care.
That’s extremely useful. Thank you. I love maps.
Thanks for an awesome video, so many good resources !
This is awesome information!
Thank you so much for this video - it’s amazing
Your videos are always so informative 😁
That was PRETTY helpful, thanks a lot!
Thank you so much!
What a research you do, it’s amazing ( you have a lot of time off)
Very helpful - thank you!
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Thank you ❤️
Congrats for 10k subs... 👍🏻🎉
Thanks for providing great content, I have learned a lot about POD strategies, for sure! Question, do you know of any FREE for public use "quotations" websites?
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Great video, thanks
Thank you so much for the great content.
Thank you for the feedback Dianne! 🍻🍻
Fantastic content.
Very Interisting
Very Interesting Zen! Cheers, Brad H
I take it the Library of Congress doesn't have a good option for locating or searching out old and vintage maps? BTW Thank you so much for the info about to start bookmarking pages now I love old illuminated maps.
Yes great question - LOC has great maps but their interface is clunky (in my opinion) so I want to eventually do a Library of Congress walkthrough in a bit more detail. I need to get that video done!
Thank you for the helpful content!
Sooooo cool! Thank you so much.
amazing!
thank you!
Another great video, so incredibly helpful, thank you! I have been binge watching you and just when I thought I'd reached the end, I find another video. This is my favorite TH-cam channel EVER!!! Thank you for sharing all your knowledge. :)
Thank you for the kind words - I have another channel that I run with my wife over here: th-cam.com/channels/9eXZ6Ta2B9BBC8JfH-ozXw.html
more public domain goodness
@@zenwatercooler Guess who subscribed and is starting to watch them all. Thanks for the heads up. :)
Awesome video 👌👌👌
Thank you sir. I have a question, do we need some sort of editing before we use the maps on print on demand like t shirt or poster? Maybe retouching the image, or adding strokes things like that. Could you please make a tutorial video about that? Thanks again.
You are most welcome! Yes I have a whole different channel that talks about all that stuff: th-cam.com/channels/9eXZ6Ta2B9BBC8JfH-ozXw.html
Thanks!! 🙌
Amazing website, thanks bro
Do you have any tips on how to clean up these images? Thanks.
Paper Towns by John Green . Also it would be nice if someone sent this to Johnny Harris .
What is your opinion on making multiple stores on redbubble for different niches? How would one go about it? Do I need different paypals for all the different stores? Keep up the great work, it helps a lot!
Yes I have heard this is possible but I have not done it personally (other than I help out on my wife’s shop). I would recommend contacting RB first and get it in writing just in case the account police decide to start shutting things down 🚔
@@zenwatercooler Thanks man
Superb
Anything older than 1928 (as of 2024) - 95 years, is in the public domain. Digital copies of public domain works are also public domain, as long as they have not been altered.
Walt Disney made his career taking fairy tales that were in the public domain, and retooling them as cartoons. The fairy tales are in the public domain, but the Disney movies (at this point) are not. Anyone can sell the story or Snow White, without issue. You cannot sell the Disney movie Snow White.
As long as you keep that in mind, you should be safe. Having notation that a work is public domain is better.
Well said!
Hey, is this allowed/legal to use designs from kdp covers to for example redbubble t-shirts?
Nice.
Thank you! This is right up my alley! Appreciate your videos!
Mr Zen, if you have time, can you explain how to upload designs ( pins) to Pinterest the right way? I know we can go thru RB directly. But we can also use canva to make pins the right size. Where I get stuck is when Pinterest asks for the link. I don’t know how to get the link on my product on RB. Is it just the long URL that appears in the main search bar or whatever it’s called? Wouldn’t that URL be too long? Any advice is appreciated
Thanks , I just found pictures for my project, it's not a map :). Have a nice day!
i see free. i subscribed 😂
Until just now, I thought you're channel name was Zen Watercolor 😅
I also think as like you "Zen Watercolor "
What about art/paintings?
Rezorce? I typed Maps on the British Library and found them.
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Loc bar Harbor rules changed , new clause asking for permission before distribution is mentioned.
Yes - many museum websites say that their work is under copyright. However, it is questionable whether they could ever enforce it. (They would have a hard time proving that anyone took the museum’s copy vs. Another one online. If it is public domain, they can certainly ask, but it is up to each person’s ethics as to whether or not it is belonging to that museum.
I assume you also know but did not mention Dave Rumsey Map Collection site? He has 129794 maps to share.
Yes it is a very large collection but they state it is not for commercial use, so I don’t typically include it in the map videos. Great collection though!
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I can't find king's topographical collection. Did the British library delete that?
That's weird, it looks like it moved! There's a link on "Watercolour World" here: www.watercolourworld.org/collection/british-library-king-george-iii-topographical-collection. They marked the sight at copyright 2022 (but personally I don't see how that is enforceable as these are public domain pictures but everyone can judge their morals I guess).
Great video thanks boss man for this great info.... hoping to see a video on anime public domain site.... God Bless your hustle
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Do we have to make modifications if we want to go commercial?
No you don't have to - these are public domain so you can do anything to them or just use them as is. I love public domain!
TFS Dude. GB :)
Rawpixel did not give me those maps as a search.
Here are the Rawpixel maps! www.rawpixel.com/search?page=1&path=3.sub_topic-252&sort=curated
but in flicker, most of the image that shows up is not public domain images
That is a standard disclaimer on all Flickr albums. The maps were released into the public domain.
@@zenwatercooler oh really? I didn't know
I love it, but map pants? 😂
are you the same guy from channel crafty stax?
Yes but I like to think it's the other way round! ha ha. Yes same schmoe.
@@zenwatercooler i recognized you, i must thank you ,i watch your work ,started on redbbubble month ago no experience in design but i cannot get any job so look for some options how to earn online ,your videos help a lot.
How to use those maps on pod sites???
It depends on the site - but generally you would create artwork based on those maps and then put the art on products. So you could make a nice looking pattern or remove a background, lots of options to be creative. Or just have a shop that sells old map designs as is.
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No "Public Domain" option for me.
You join with free option and it does not look anything like this.
As for "The British Library!" It´s a library dude, not a museum.
Flickr also has nothing to do with the library either, it was only a stand alone
public photographic community, were you could get advice and feedback on your work.
Yet later started to move away from only the photo side. Most of the photos there
should be protected and if not only posted at a middle quality range, not good enough
for printing on an A3 for example and permission should always be asked for prior
to downloading. What you see on screen is only a pixel for pixel online low quality
version, as the site has rules for that.
Searching for specific maps would be impossible, due to the standard subjects posted.
Also the old printed maps have nothing to do with Art, they are not even produced with
any Artistic intentions other than to give a perspective. Please think more about what you say,
you are allowed to be impressed by the skills, techniques and overall results in historically
recorded Cartography processes, including their limited printed quality, that often was defied
by just those limitations (line thickness etc) yet Art had very little to do with the whole process.
After 95 years everything become public domain worldwide…..
I'm confused. Why do all the maps prior to 1948 not have Israel? We're the map makers antisemitic?
Britain freed Israel in 1949, so until then it had been under british rule
Are you being serious?
@@mmm-is9roBritain freed Isreal from British rule?
If it's from 1866 no one needs to "put it" in the public domain...
But the photo / image taken of the map belongs to someone - they have copyright to that photo. Putting that photo in the public domain is the gift here.
Pretty sure someone needs to get it out that dusty old library and off the paper in order for it to be in the public domain.
Yeah, the other commenter here is correct. The reason so many famous paintings, e.g. aren't publicly available is because the hi-res images themselves are owned by their respective institutions. The photograph or scan is a separate piece of media.
It depends who owns the copyright or trademark. Some authors, for example, left their intellectual property rights to corporations (like a health industry childens hospital) 100+ years ago, while others (like some big corporations or governments) have grabbed expired c or tm images and books and legally claim them as their own. Also, the phrase "in perpetuity" sticks in my mind, though I can't quite recall anything else about it.
My point is just because something's old doesn't mean it's public domain / free use.
@@ThePrairieChronicles. “In Perpetuity “ Mr. Wondeful’s favorite, or, some would say infamous, phrase.
Raw is not really free... the others are great...
Google can sue u if u use these maps. Only the style is free of copyright on these sites
it's well delivered sir, ever since I subscribed to your channel I made it a priority to watch at least 2vidios daily and guess what I'm going live in few days to come. still setting my store. thanks for your generous knowledge. moreover free but so vital. good people still exist. @zen watercooler is one.