Stanley:
The decision in the Bridgeman v. Corel case is binding upon the two parties in
that case, period. It is neither legislation nor a Supreme Court decision, and
therefore is not law. It is not a change in the US copyright law, nor a new
fair use exception. It is a precedent that may
Just to stir the pot a bit:
Not every museum or archive is a public charity. Even if that is a
particular museum's legal status, it doesn't affect the legal application of
copyright protection to any photographs it produces.
The assertion of copyright in photographs (including visual
Hi all,
I have been following your thread about image use. We at Maine Memory
Network (Maine Historical Society) will provide our low res images
(watermarked and 625 pixels wide) for nothing from the site for
educational use only. If publishers or retailers want to use our images,
we charge for a
May 6, 2009
Are you currently researching or evaluating any aspect of museum education
or interpretation?
If so, I would like to list your ongoing research in MUSEUM EDUCATION
MONITOR (MEM), my monthly e-newsletter. I welcome listings by
museum workers, consultants, faculty, and students at all
Amalyah,
Without giving legal advice, I do think it is important to note that Bridgeman
is law within the Southern District of New York (and many commentators believe
it would be followed not only in the Second Circuit, but other US circuit
courts as well). Should any of the many museums who
Amalyah's cautionary note is important and nearly correct. The
Bridgeman v Corel decision is case law in the jurisdiction in which it
was decided, namely the Southern District of New York. And there have
been follow-on decisions that provide nuance. From Wikipdeia:
The argument that I made was not intended to be based on a strict
interpretation of copyright law but on public responsibility. So,
with respect to my note, most of this is beside the point and a
restatement of traditional argument.
I should have been clearer in my assertion of the
I wonder if anyone from the VA is here? They also offer free, full,
high-resolution downloads for many of their works. They're incredibly
useful for my own textile research, and it has become a beloved resource
for my costuming community. But I'd be really curious to hear how their
fee requests
In late 2008, we began publishing
our materials on Flickr, in relatively high image sizes. We also started
releasing information about our collections in ways that were easily
findable by researchers. In March of this year, my boss commented that
we had already generated somewhere in the order of
Just to nitpick, a Creative Commons license is an assertion of copyright. That
is, it grants permission based on the assumption / fact / assertion that the
work is protected by copyright. For example, the attribution, non-commercial,
share alike license asserts that the creator/copyright
Scratch that - I didn't realize Bruce was quoting Perian. (Hebrew-enabled
Outlook Web Access renders everything backwards -- right to left. Don't ask.)
We've also seen an upturn in income. Flickr is one way to market images, we've
used other ways so far -- whatever works. Ironically, we
I think it's mostly use fees and production fees. Not so much in the way of
rush fees, which is surprising (and a big source of revenue last year). There's
a bit of a snowball effect happening where we've found that offering up images
from one area or collection is causing publishers to ask
Oh, the things that pop up on Twitter (I think Richard Urban was the
first to tweet this...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbBa6Oam7-w
A cute animation about the (very) basics of digital preservation.
Enjoy!
Perian Sully
Collections Information Manager
Web Programs Strategist
I kind of like thinking of sharing as marketing by another name. (A less
traditionalone?) Both are an investment in developing an income-producing
resource.
And there are museums with a real need to develop the revenue-producing
capabilities of their image (and other content) resources, in
Further to the discussion of image licensing and CC, the flip side of it is the
Plus Coalition, which has presented at MCN I think several times. I imagine
most of you have seen this recent announcement from PLUS:
http://www2.adbase.com/view/?c=30937677i=3280
I'd be interested in the range of
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