[MCN-L] FW: 2013 Museum Edition of Horizons Report

2013-11-21 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Released today by the New Media Consortium. Electronic publishing as it relates to museums is one of info tech trends listed. Full List 1. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) 2. Crowdsourcing 3. Electronic Publishing 4. Location-Based Services 5. Natural User Interfaces 6. Preservation

[MCN-L] FW: Google Books judgment - fair use

2013-11-14 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
News flash: A huge win for Fair Use: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/15/business/media/judge-sides-with-google-on-book-scanning-suit.html?hp_r=0 After eight years and countless delays, a federal judge on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit by authors against Google, saying that the technology

[MCN-L] FW: A Rally Against Mass Surveillance

2013-10-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Forwarding for those who might be interested.

[MCN-L] deduplication systems

2013-10-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Any of the great minds on this list have experience with, words of wisdom about, or opinions concerning deduplication systems for backing up image archives? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_deduplication#Drawbacks_and_concerns Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The

[MCN-L] FW: Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation

2013-10-08 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Subject: [ISOC] Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation Montevideo Statement on the Future of Internet Cooperation [Montevideo, Uruguay - 7 October 2013] -- The leaders of organizations responsible for coordination of the Internet technical infrastructure globally have met

[MCN-L] FW: Registration now open for DPLAfest 2013: October 24-25 in Boston

2013-08-29 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in the Boston area: dp.lahttp://us4.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4id=88219b20ede=fe3de79bb9 View this email in your browserhttp://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=e1490d1305c4b651f3ad0ace4id=888acba597e=fe3de79bb9

[MCN-L] FW: Primary Research Group has published Museum Library Special Collection Use of Major Internet SItes, ISBN 978-157440-242-1

2013-08-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
http://visitor.benchmarkemail.com/c/v?e=2CF5BEc=CD32l=2F9C417email=4sZxEuqClO%2BO5BzS8ODKvSSS3ZJNocAYrelid=C6EC174 The 133 page study examines how museums and library special collections are using major internet sites such as Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo, Google, Ning, Amazon, Bing,

[MCN-L] LODLAM Patterns - Call for Participation

2013-08-08 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I'm disappointed to see that galleries were left out. LODGLAM would be even more fun to try to pronounce. Amalyah Keshet -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Urban Sent: 07 August, 2013 10:07 PM To: Museum Computer

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Creative Commons releases strategy document

2013-07-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Creative Commons has released a strategy document, on the occasion of its 10th birthday: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/38371 Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit-he.asp?id=851

[MCN-L] IP SIG: the future of Creative Commons

2013-07-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Creative Commons released a strategy document on the occasion of its 10th birthday: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/38371 Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG http://www.imj.org.il/exhibitions/presentation/exhibit-he.asp?id=851

[MCN-L] email signature publicity

2013-07-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Interesting point. Does anyone out there have stats / evidence of positive results (or negative results) with this sort of marketing? Amalyah -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of bryan kennedy Sent: 10 July, 2013 7:32 PM To:

[MCN-L] Library on the beach, Uni in the city

2013-07-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
No reason. Just think both of these projects are awesome: http://www.theuniproject.org/ http://www.onemillionpicture.com/2/post/2013/07/in-albena-resort-bulgaria-you-can-read-a-book-when-you-are-on-the-beach.html Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum,

[MCN-L] email signature publicity

2013-07-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Got three responses from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts (go Minneapolis!) ? how about some other museums? Thanks to all, Amalyah -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: 10

[MCN-L] email signature publicity

2013-07-10 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I would like to appeal to the great minds of MCN for examples of their museums? automatic email signatures that include an image and a little blurb publicizing a current exhibition. Just for inspiration. If willing emailers could zap off a blank email to me at akeshet at imj.org.il I would

[MCN-L] FW: Personal Democracy Forum

2013-06-04 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in NYC area this weekend: http://personaldemocracy.com/conferences/nyc/2013 Personal Democracy Forum is the world's leading conference exploring and analyzing technology's impact on politics and government. Hundreds of individuals interested in how technology is changing politics,

[MCN-L] FW: Scholarly publishing: First Executable Article in Comp Graphics Journal.

2013-05-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Very geeky and therefore of possible interest to some MCNers: -Original Message- via infoDOCKET: From Elsevier: Computers Graphics for the first time has published executable papers in its special issue on 3D Object Retrieval within the online article framework on ScienceDirect.

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Wikisource portal: US copyright case law

2013-05-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
(please excuse cross-posting) While possibly the last person on the planet to discover this source, I thought I might mention it, should others find it new and valuable, and because it obviously needs more contributions. Wikipedians and potential Wikipedians (i.e. all of us): take note. A

[MCN-L] tiny libraries bring free literature to the streets

2013-05-06 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Just because it's so cool. MCNers in NYC should definitely check this out: http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/with-tiny-libraries-bringing-free-literature-to-the-streets/?src=recg Another example from across the pond:

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Cariou v. Prince fair use decision

2013-04-28 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Important decision, unfortunately clear as mud: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/26/arts/design/appeals-court-ruling-favors-richard-prince-in-copyright-case.html?hp http://theartlawblog.blogspot.co.il/ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

[MCN-L] FW: happy birthday Mosaic

2013-04-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
It's been an awesome twenty years: -Original Message- From: Peter Brantley Sent: 22 April, 2013 7:49 PM RT @CathyNDavidson: Happy 20th Anniversary! The Mosaic 1.0 browser went public and online April 22, 1993. __ Amalyah Keshet Head of

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Panel Discussion: Legal Protection in Fashion

2013-04-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For MCNers in the Seattle area, a panel discussion on legal protection in fashion this Thursday, April 25. The panel, comprised of attorneys and fashion designers, is presented by Washington Lawyers for the Artshttp://www.thewla.org/. More information and registration available

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use: Woody Allen script (mis)quotes nine words from Faulkner

2013-04-21 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
It's cold and raining here this morning. If you, like I, need something to get heated up about: A lawsuit filed by William Faulkner's heirs over a quote in the Woody Allen film Midnight in Paris has been scheduled for trial April 7, 2014, in U.S. District Court in Oxford. The Faulkner estate

[MCN-L] The Public Domain Review

2013-04-21 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
It's just come to my attention that this beautiful and wonder-filled online publication (if you've never seen it, you simply must: http://publicdomainreview.org/) is in need of reader donations in order to keep going. Just thought I'd pass this along in case anyone falls in love with this

[MCN-L] IP SIG: French Version of Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook

2013-04-18 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
A first, I believe: From: Jonathan Band [mailto:jb...@policybandwidth.com] Sent: 17 April, 2013 9:38 PM [By popular demand, we have created a French version of the Fair Use/Fair Dealing Handbook] http://infojustice.org/archives/29329 The English version is

[MCN-L] FW: LC/U.S. Copyright Office Requests Information About Converting Data From Millions of Catalog Cards

2013-03-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For anyone looking for a little work on the side: -Original Message- The U.S. Copyright Office is planning to convert data (index terms and other facts) from the images of approximately 7.8 million registration cards and approximately 2.5 million assignment catalog cards. We've

[MCN-L] IP SIG: DRM Chair

2013-02-28 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those obsessed, for better or for worse, with the digital rights management controversy: DRM Chair http://vimeo.com/60475086

[MCN-L] The BBC Petitions the W3C to Implement DRM for HTML5

2013-02-19 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Not a day goes by without a bizarre (and depressing) bit of news from the wonderful world of technology: http://goodereader.com/blog/technology/the-bbc-petitions-the-w3c-to-implement-drm-for-html5/ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

[MCN-L] IP SIG: IP and Human Rights February 21-22

2013-02-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Forwarded: From: Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property Copyright Listserv Please join this important two-day conference and meeting to bring together scholars and advocates who are working to map the doctrinal and strategic intersections of intellectual property and human

[MCN-L] Copyright related to video recording works of art in galleries

2013-02-05 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Scott: Our policy is: if a protected work is the center of focus we request permission. If it is not, but appears incidentally in the background of a wider shot in or of the gallery, we do not request permission. Put another way, the latter is a shot of the gallery, not of a work of art.

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Inside Disney, it's a Fair Use World

2013-01-26 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Great article from last week's New Yorker; includes a reference to the Barbie in a Blender case, for those of you who remember that interesting milestone: Escape from Tomorrow? is in many ways your typical low-budget indie film. It?s shot in black and white, the actors aren?t famous, and the

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fair Use Best Practices

2013-01-24 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Nice to start the day with some good news: The Andrew W. Mellon Foundationhttp://www.mellon.org/ has awarded the College Art Association (CAA) a major grant of $630,000 to develop, publish, and disseminate a code of best practices for fair use in the creation

[MCN-L] Museums Advocacy Day

2013-01-24 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
http://www.aam-us.org/advocacy/museums-advocacy-day Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG

[MCN-L] The 2013 PK Policy Symposium

2013-01-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in the Wash. DC area: Join Public Knowledge for conversations on the future of internet, communications, and copyright policy. From fixing TV to copyright reform, we'll discuss obstacles and solutions to what are sure to be this year's most

[MCN-L] FW: UK: Changes to create greater freedom to use copyright works

2012-12-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Released today by the UK Intellectual Property Office: On Thursday 20 December 2012, the Government published the final part of its response to its Copyright Consultation: Modernising Copyright: a modern, robust and flexible framework . The response

[MCN-L] FW: the latest on Apple patent claims

2012-12-02 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Following on Apple's claim of a patent on the page-turning feature: -Original Message- https://www.youtube.com/embed/XT3RRB6ECE0 (With thanks to Peter Brantley) Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG

[MCN-L] IP SIG: US considers the Artists Resale Right

2012-10-04 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
-- The US Copyright Office has published a Federal Register notice of inquiryhttp://www.copyright.gov/docs/resaleroyalty/ requesting comments on the resale royalty right. The summary of the inquiry in the Federal Register notes: The U.S.

[MCN-L] Bruce Willis not suing Apple but this is still a teachable moment

2012-09-05 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
There are (so far) no reliable sources in this particular story. The issue, however, is quite real. Service providers have different rules-and few state them clearly in their terms and conditions. Many give users a personal right to use an account, but nobody else, even after death. Facebook

[MCN-L] FW: Bruce Willis To Sue Apple Over Right To Bequeath His iTunes Library

2012-09-03 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Go, Bruce! A very real issue affecting all of us (eventually) with many forms of digital content - including emails. _ 9/2/2012: According to The Sun (UK), Bruce Willis is preparing to sue Apple over the terms and conditions of its iTunes service. The actor has

[MCN-L] FW: Just Published: Visual Resources: An International Journal of Documentation - Vol. 28, No. 3 (September 2012)

2012-08-30 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
VISUAL RESOURCES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATIONhttp://www.tandfonline.com/toc/gvir20/28/3 Vol. 28, No. 3 (September 2010) JUST PUBLISHED: NEWS 217 Murtha Baca, News from the Field: Getty Research Portal ARTICLES 220 Ralph Buchenhorst, Permutations of the Image World:

[MCN-L] IP SIG: YouTube Unveils Creative Commons Library

2012-08-15 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
http://www.ipbrief.net/2011/06/07/youtube-unveils-creative-commons-library/ YouTube hopes this will cut down some of the concerns over copyright infringement of user-created content that plague the site. Likely it will, if for no other reason than making it much more explicit that uploading

[MCN-L] Inspired teaching with technology

2012-08-01 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Most imaginative use of technology in teaching? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNxaSct3UHsfeature=player_embedded#! Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG

[MCN-L] permanent loans

2012-06-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Does anyone's institution have an official definition of a permanent loan? Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem +972-2-670-8064

[MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines

2012-06-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
advantage. -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il] Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 2:11 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines FW: From

[MCN-L] FW: AAMD thumbnail image size guidelines

2012-06-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Matt: This was also discussed on the ImageMuse listserv. (Rob: is there an archive?) Amalyah -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Diane M. Zorich Sent: 12 June, 2012 5:18 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re:

[MCN-L] FW: Care and ID of Photos Workshop @Harry Ransom Center, Austin, TX, July 16-19

2012-05-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
...and another apology for cross-posting: -Original Message- Care and Identification of Photographs (from daguerreotypes to digital) July 16-19, 2012: Austin, TX This workshop will be hosted by the Harry Ransom Center @UT Austin FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND ONLINE REGISTRATION:

[MCN-L] FW: [ImageMuse] Learn RTI

2012-05-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Apologies for cross-posting: Dear Image Muse Professional Community, I wanted to inform Image Muse members about our upcoming 4-Day RTI Training, July 16-19, 2012 at the Cultural Heritage Imaging (CHI) studio in San Francisco, California.

[MCN-L] FW: 25 April - tagging linked to the web

2012-04-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
-Original Message- via Peter Brantley For those local to the Bay Area, the CEO of a startup (in NYC) called Tagasauris is speaking at the I-School. Tag is interesting because it utilizes open web data mining to enrich user (crowd sourced) tags. thus, a tag of (e.g.) 1906 SF

[MCN-L] FW: Reminder: Call for Papers for Special Issue - Digital Art History - Visual Resources

2012-03-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Reminder: Call for Papers for Special Issue on Digital Art History Just a reminder that the deadline for proposals is this Friday, March 23, 2012: We invite researchers and educators in art history and visual studies to submit proposals for this special issue. Abstracts should be 750 words in

[MCN-L] CfP - Wikimania 2012

2012-01-26 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Wikimania was held in Haifa, Israel last year, and it was an amazing experience. Anyone who can fly, drive, walk, or crawl to DC should go. Amalyah Keshet The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On

[MCN-L] Development Tchachkes

2012-01-24 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I think a lot attendees, especially in the major donor category, would be quite put off if handed a program on a usb drive, which they then have to fiddle with -- and who says they are all going to shlep a laptop to a luncheon? -- instead of a printed program they can see at a glance, set down

[MCN-L] FW: Internet Archive will go dark

2012-01-18 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
-Original Message- From: Peter Brantley Sent: 17 January, 2012 7:59 PM In solidarity with Mozilla, Wikipedia, and many others, the Internet Archive will go dark from approximately 6:00 am - 6:00 pm PDT on Wed., January 18, 2012.

[MCN-L] SF and Seattle protests against the PIPA anti-piracy bill

2012-01-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in the Seattle and San Francisco areas: -Original Message- From: Peter Brantley fyi, Hackerspaces is organizing a downtown SF gathering to protest PIPA. others are happening in various other locations. seattle: http://www.seattleagainstsopa.com/ which includes events at

[MCN-L] FW: Wikipedia to go dark re SOPA PIPA legislation

2012-01-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday. In doing so, Wikipedia joins a long list of web companies such as Reddit and Mozilla that are taking similar measures against the proposed legislation. Wikipedia to

[MCN-L] FW: New York/New Jersey tech organizing against SOPA/PIPA legislation

2012-01-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in the NYC area: I am writing to ask you to join NJ Tech Meetup, NY Tech Meetup, iBreakfast and other concerned communities to share information on the Emergency NY Tech Meetup action on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 12:30 PM to defend technology-based

[MCN-L] SF and Seattle protests against the PIPA anti-piracy bill

2012-01-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Didn't seem to get through the first time, so I'm re-sending: For those in the Seattle and San Francisco areas: -Original Message- From: Peter Brantley fyi, Hackerspaces is organizing a downtown SF gathering to

[MCN-L] IP SIG at MCN 2001 Atlanta

2011-11-08 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I would like to invite anyone involved in, interested in, or bothered by copyright issues in cultural heritage institutions -- and their online, social, cloud-and device-based extensions -- to the IP SIG table at the SIGs UnLuncheon UnMeeting on Friday, November 18. The UnMeeting will

[MCN-L] FW: SOPA - Future of Music Coalition

2011-11-02 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
More on SOPA. Explains the problems rather clearly: http://futureofmusic.org/blog/2011/11/01/coming-clean-sopa Coming Clean on SOPA Last week, members of the US House of Representatives introduced a piece of legislation called the Stop Online Piracy

[MCN-L] FW: Fab Lab in DC

2011-11-02 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Just because it sounds cool: *IF YOU COULD MAKE (ALMOST) ANYTHING, WHAT WOULD IT BE? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9HDMmyDwjE* *An Evening with MITs Award-Winning Professor Neil Gershenfeld to launch Fab Lab DC* On Thursday, November 3rd, 2011, at 7PM, MIT Professor Neil Gershenfeld,

[MCN-L] FW: Workshop Announcement: Aesthetics, Craft, and Care of the Fine Art Digital Print

2011-10-31 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
From: Image Permanence Institute [mailto:ipi...@rit.edu] Having trouble viewing this email? Click here.http://imagepermanenceinstitute.cmail3.com/t/y/l/wccd/cdrjdjldd/r/ [IPI Header]http://imagepermanenceinstitute.cmail3.com/t/y/l/wccd/cdrjdjldd/y/ Workshop: Aesthetics, Craft, and Care

[MCN-L] FW: This Bill Seriously Screws with the Internet

2011-10-30 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21680297/800476592/53972347/0/[Public Knowledge Logo]http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21680297/800476592/53972347/0/http://tracking.etapestry.com/t/21680297/800476592/53972347/0/ This Bill Seriously Screws with the Internet Today, we write to you with urgency. A

[MCN-L] FW: SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet

2011-10-30 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/sopa-hollywood-finally-gets-chance-break-internet SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet As promisedhttps://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/10/disastrous-ip-legislation-back-%E2%80%93-and-it%E2%80%99s-worse-ever, here's the first installment

[MCN-L] California law concerning resale of artwork

2011-10-26 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
The article explains the law and the situation rather well. Not much to add. Droit de suite (resale right) is more common in Europe, and it is an oddity that in the US it applies in only one state. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Droit_de_suite

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Golan v. Holder Post Arguement Discussion Oct. 5

2011-10-05 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For anyone in the Wash. DC area today, who wants to catch this probably fascinating discussion (see below). The case is about the restoration of copyright to works that had entered the public domain. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_v._Holder Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG Sent:

[MCN-L] Project Gutenberg

2011-09-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Michael Hart, the founder of Project Gutenberg, passed away last week. Project Gutenberg is one of the Internet's great resources-the first digital library, with thousands of public domain ebooks, and created entirely by volunteers. Its founder, Michael Hart, passed away this week, after

[MCN-L] FW: cultural analytics

2011-09-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Don't know what to think / do about this, but it's just so cool I have to pass it on. Amalyah Keshet http://www.wolframdatasummit.org/2011/attendee/abstracts/#Manovich ... at the Wolfram Data conference (last week), here's an intriguing presentation: How to Compare One Million Images?

[MCN-L] FW: Proposed WIPO Treaty on Traditional Cultural Expressions

2011-08-23 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
In case this is of interest: The Library Copyright Alliance has released an analysis of the most recent draft of a proposed WIPO treaty on the protection of traditional cultural expressions: http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/. A diplomatic conference

[MCN-L] FW: today is the centenary of Marshall McLuhan's birth

2011-07-24 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
A bit late (it was Thursday), but worth noting. Videos and more at: http://futureofthebook.org/blog/ http://marshallmcluhanspeaks.com/electric-age/ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resorces Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG

[MCN-L] IP SIG: thediscography.org

2011-06-28 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Just in case anyone out there ever needs this: a rather cool searchable database of U.S. court cases dealing with popular music (including copyright cases, of course). Each case is introduced with a plain-English and sometimes lighthearted summary. This isn't your usual legal site, believe

[MCN-L] Digital imaging workflow software

2011-06-16 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Jana - After Deb's impressive description of a complex methodology utilizing multiple software applications, I can't resist reporting that we use email, the telephone, a clipboard, and Google calendar. Works pretty well, actually. I tried to get curators and publications staff to use and

[MCN-L] IP SIG: EU proposal on uses of orphan works

2011-05-25 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/docs/orphan-works/proposal_en.pdf Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Chair, MCN IP SIG

[MCN-L] Test - please disregard

2011-05-17 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
-Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Ari Davidow Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 3:43 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: Re: [MCN-L] [NE SIG] Inaugural SIG meeting to be held at MFA Boston - what dates work best?

[MCN-L] Museums and Heritage Show 12-13 May, Earls Court, London

2011-04-28 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I don't recall having seen this mentioned on the list, so... Museums and Heritage Show 12-13 May, Earls Court, London http://www.museumsandheritage.com/ Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 02-670-8064

[MCN-L] images for academic publishing

2011-04-27 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Stephanie: Responding to Deb's reply to you: Likewise: www.imj.org.il (click on Collections) for image files suitable for PowerPoint, student papers, research, etc. We're always happy to help with search, specific scholarly questions, etc. Even if we need to charge a fee (services to

‏‏YouTube's new copyright education video

2011-04-16 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
...and here's the Electronic Frontier Foundation's response: ?? ...YouTube is also now requiring users who receive takedown notices to go to ?copyright school, and that school has a pretty misleading curriculum. YouTube's lesson plan is equally

‏‏YouTube's new copyright education video

2011-04-15 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
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[MCN-L] IP SIG: Creative License talks on sampling copyright

2011-04-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
For those in the DC area. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Subject: DC: Creative License talks on sampling copyright Creative License: The Law of Culture and Digital Sampling is a compelling new book that

[MCN-L] FW: Free access to TF Art Journals - February 2011

2011-01-25 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Note: Access will be available until 28 February 2011, so dig in. [http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/artaccess/artaccess3b.gif] [http://www.tandf.co.uk/common/jcovers/websmall/R/RAHE.jpg]http://www.informaworld.com/RAHE

[MCN-L] FW: Free access to TF Art Journals - February 2011

2011-01-25 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Sorry. That particular bit of formatting sure didn't transfer well... Here it is again: Note: Access will be available until 28 February 2011, so dig in. Free Online Access Coming Soon - Available from 7th February 2011!

[MCN-L] FW: World's Fair Use Day is tomorrow!

2011-01-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
World's Fair Use Day is January 13, 2011 Just a reminder -- tomorrow, Thurs., is World's Fair Use Day. PK's conference on fair use is unlike any you will cover in DC. Where else can you see and hear Kenyatta Cheese, Ben Huh from the Cheezburger Network, and Das

[MCN-L] Basic rule of copyright term in the US

2010-11-22 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Eve: Many thanks not only for the summary of US term of protection, but for the heads-up about F. Scott Fitzgerald, et al., rising into the public domain on January 1. Woohoo! (And just a reminder: the original query wasn't about postcards published in 1900, but in the 1920s-1940s. The

[MCN-L] Using old postcards to create new souvenirs: copyright?

2010-11-21 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Also worth noting Peter's usage below of the phrase rise into the public domain! Indeed a significant gravitational improvement over the usual fall into the public domain. Amalyah Keshet -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of

[MCN-L] Using old postcards to create new souvenirs: copyright?

2010-11-21 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Just to stir the pot a bit more: I believe the original enquiry related to reproducing the postcards, not the images that appear on them, as a new product. Scalloped edges, text in vintage fonts, and all -- if I'm interpreting this correctly. (Stephanie, are you still with us?) ...to create

[MCN-L] ‏‏RE: Using old postcards to create new souvenirs: copyright?

2010-11-20 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Peter: Just curious: If a work by Matisse had been purchased for MoMA from Matisse or his dealer *in France*, would the Pushman Doctrine still have applied? I suspect that French law would think otherwise. Did the Doctrine apply only to works purchased in the US? Amalyah Keshet Head of

[MCN-L] Installation shots for designers?

2010-08-22 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
We always let designers use our images of their work for us, for portfolio or promotional use. Or, we let them take their own. To do otherwise would simply seem ...odd. For the reasons pointed out by Chad. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources Copyright Management The Israel Museum,

[MCN-L] FW: Visual Literacy Standards blog

2010-07-18 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Please excuse cross-posting. The ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Standards Task Force is working on Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. We have started a blog as a forum for discussion about visual literacy, and as a communication tool to

[MCN-L] FW: Just Published: Visual Resources 26:2 (2010) - Seeing and/or Believing the Photograph, edited by Jordan Bear

2010-06-06 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
VISUAL RESOURCES: AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DOCUMENTATIONhttp://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g93282 Vol. 26, No. 2 (June 2010) JUST PUBLISHED: BOARD-APPROVED SPECIAL ISSUE Seeing and/or Believing the Photograph,

[MCN-L] IP SIG: GAO Report: Content Industry Piracy Claims Are Bogus

2010-05-31 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Now you know: www.gao.gov/new.items/d10423.pdfhttp://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10423.pdf -- next part -- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: GAO Report Ad.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 1043346 bytes Desc: GAO Report Ad.pdf URL:

[MCN-L] IP SIG - orphan works question

2010-05-13 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
The law defines the first holder of copyright as the author / creator. That is the assumption we go by when we state (c) the artist or (c) the artist's estate (if the artist is no longer alive) as the default. Not to state that would make us extremely uncomfortable. 99 % of the time it is

[MCN-L] IP SIG - orphan works question

2010-05-11 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I agree entirely with Peter, who has answered this question far more elegantly than I could. We never think twice about using the phrase (c) the artist as a default, if that's the only information or best guess we have, or if the artist or copyright owner doesn't answer our enquiries.

[MCN-L] IP SIG: The Tectonics of Digital Curation Symposium - May 25-26, at MIT, Camrbidge, MA - Join us

2010-04-27 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Please excuse cross postings: At the session on Copyright and Intellectual Property, Peter Hirtle of Cornell University explores what legal protections for digital preservation currently exist in the law, and what may be reasonable risks for curatorial institutions to assume as they work to

[MCN-L] ‏‏RE: To good not to share ; )

2010-04-01 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Finally got around to viewing this. It is brilliant. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Amalyah Keshet ?: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Camilla Bjarn? [moescb at hum.au.dk] ??: ? ??? 29 ??? 2010 23:46

[MCN-L] Cornell University computer scientists analyze nearly 35 million Flickr photos, generate geo located statistics on the world's most photographed cities and landmarks

2010-03-25 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Not only is there bar bet material here, but this is a really good example of the potential for data mining social media sites. Which raises one hell of a lot of questions and possibilities, both positive and negative. Amalyah Keshet -Original Message- From: mcn-l-bounces at

[MCN-L] IP SIG: Action Alert: Tell the Government to Protect Balanced Copyright

2010-03-16 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Thanks to Eve Sinaiko for catching this one. Here's your chance for citizen action. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG From: Public Knowledge p...@publicknowledge.org Subject: Action Alert: Tell the Government to Protect Balanced Copyright! Date: Mon, 15 Mar

[MCN-L] FW: Just Published: VR 26:1 (2010) - Urban Image Now, edited by Miriam Paeslack

2010-03-15 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
The editors of VISUAL RESOURCES: An International Journal of Documentation are pleased to announce the publication of a new issue, a special issue titled Urban Image Now: Photographic and Filmic Manifestations of a Subjective City Experience, edited by Miriam

[MCN-L] Happy Pi Day

2010-03-14 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Fellow museum geeks: I have just learned that today, March 14, is Pi Day. And Einstein's birthday. Yet another excuse to celebrate. Others may eat pie (apparently an authorized celebratory food), but I intend to have 3.14 beers. Enjoy! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi_Day

[MCN-L] IP SIG: CIP Symposium: Hybrid Copyright in Washington, DC from June 22-24, 2010

2010-03-10 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
With a speaker / instructor list like this, this is obviously not to be missed. Run, don't walk: --- Announcing the 2010 CIP Symposium. Hybrid (c): Sustaining Culture in Copyright. June 22-24, 2010.

[MCN-L] FW: Preserving Video Games and Virtual Worlds

2010-02-14 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Thought this might be of interest. --- Preserving Video Games and Virtual Worlds February 10, 2010 Assistant Professor Jerome McDonough's research is featured in the March 2010 issue of The Atlantic. Preserving Virtual Worlds, a grant funded by the

[MCN-L] Orphan works - UK proposal

2010-02-10 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
via Peter Brantley: Leading UK cultural organizations press for passage of a bill that would ultimately enlarge their ability to serve their missions by enhancing access to valuable historical materials to the public - via Gary Price, ResourceShelf -

[MCN-L] FW: Preservation of Photographic Materials, (Live Online) 03/4-5/2010

2010-02-04 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
Forwarded: Please excuse cross-posting. Registration still available for the following upcoming preservation class: Preservation of Photographic Materials, (Live Online) 03/4-5/2010 This four-hour online introductory class is designed to help cultural institutions develop strategies for

[MCN-L] ‏‏IP SIG: Vote for Fair Use

2010-01-31 Thread Amalyah Keshet [akes...@imj.org.il]
I've cast my vote, and encourage everyone to. Voting ends 3 February. Pat Auferheide and MCN2008 speaker Peter Jaszi were responsible for the ground-breaking Documentary Filmmakers? Statement of Best Practices in Fair Use

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