The University does actually have a pretty good statement here: http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/about/copyright
The key issue would more likely be that some of the articles are still under natural copyright, such as this one: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/WebZ/FETCH?sessionid=01-51412-1451625788&recno=55&resultset=2&format=F&next=html/nffull.html&bad=error/badfetch.html&&entitytoprecno=55&entitycurrecno=55&entityreturnTo=brief Risker/Anne On 22 October 2014 12:17, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi - > > I actually professionally consult with GLAMs (galleries, libraries, > archives and museums) regarding the copyright of their images and the > content within them and how copyright works. I have worked with everyone > from the Smithsonian Institution to the Getty regarding opening their > cultural heritage materials. > > To be brutally honest: the university can claim copyright over the > photographs of those images all they want but they will lose that case in a > court of law if the photograph is of an object that was created before > 1923. > > The news about these images has been disseminated in the Open Culture > (GLAM) community already, and they'll most likely end up being uploaded to > websites like Wikimedia Commons, with proper attribution of where they came > from (the university) but because the objects are public domain (1923 and > before) there will be little to nothing the university can do to control > that. > > For example, a Wikipedia edit uploaded thousands of images from the > National Portrait Gallery in London. All of artworks in the public domain. > NPG tried to sue this editor (who is still an active editor). They failed - > it was determined that the case had no chance. Basically, a museum or > library can sit around and claim copyright over photographs of public > domain images all they want, but, they can't win in a court of law.[1] > > So regardless, they'll end up on Commons eventually and be disseminated. I > can go on and on and on about this, it's my big passion - professionally > and personally. > > -Sarah > > [1] > http://www.dmlp.org/threats/national-portrait-gallery-v-coetzee#description > > On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:11 PM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Maybe I am missing something (USA copyright law is not my area of >> expertise) but I see recent photographs of old things, which would make the >> photos the copyright of Dovie Horvitz (who is described as the person who >> took the photos). If the copyright has been assigned to the university, the >> university's website asserts copyright over things in electronic format >> (which seems to cover anything on a website!). >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 22 Oct 2014, at 9:13 am, Sarah Stierch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Fabulous collection of images, see below. >> Most are public domain - meaning ripe for uploading to Commons :) >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Carol Stabile <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 4:11 PM >> Subject: fembot: Announcing a new pictorial digital women's history >> collection >> To: media & technology collaboration gender <[email protected]> >> >> >> Thought some of you would be interested in this. >> >> best, >> >> Carol A. Stabile, Professor >> School of Journalism and Communication/Department of Women’s and Gender >> Studies >> University of Oregon >> Editor, The Fembot Collective >> >> > >> > Dear WMST-Lers >> > >> > I am pleased to announce the availability of a wonderful online >> collection of photographs of women’s everyday possessions in the 19th and >> early 20th centuries, plus numerous digitized texts (magazines, books, >> postcards, posters, and more) concerning women during that period. The >> objects and printed works themselves were amassed by Dovie Horvitz, and >> Illinois-based collector who hopes to find an institutional home for the >> entire collection some day — perhaps the presence of the photographs and >> digitized works will spark that interest. We hope so. >> > >> > Objects in the collection include clothing (dresses, hosiery, bustles, >> garters, swimwear, undergarments, aprons, and more), accessories such as >> shoes and boots, hats, gloves, purses, fans, handkerchiefs, furs, and >> parasols; menstrual and other health products; cosmetic and grooming kits, >> powders, and related make-up items; dresser sets (combs and brushes); >> curling irons and other hair care devices; perfumes; boudoir pillow covers; >> eye glasses; and exercise equipment. The printed matter includes numerous >> women’s magazines, Sunday supplement illustrations, sheet music about >> women, suffrage postcards, World War I and II posters, photographs of teen >> parties, and pamphlets about sex, health, and menstruation. Page after page >> of ad-filled women’s magazines, as well as packaging elements such as >> hairnet envelopes, hosiery, handkerchief and hat boxes, constitute an >> important part of the collection. Most of the material is American in >> origin. >> > >> > The collection seems of most immediate interest to women’s history >> classes, but American literature, communication arts (especially >> marketing), medical history, design, and other fields should also find it >> useful. It is also simply a pleasure to browse! >> > >> > Please pass this message along to others at your institution. >> > >> > The fully searchable and browsable online collection homepage is >> athttp://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/GenderStudies.DovieHorvitz >> > >> > An article about the collection is at >> http://www.library.wisc.edu/news/2014/10/13/dovie-horvitz-collection-showcases-extraordinary-evolution-of-ordinary-women/ >> . >> > >> > >> > Phyllis Holman Weisbard >> > Women's Studies Librarian Emerita >> > [email protected] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fembot mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sarah Stierch >> >> ----- >> >> Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. >> >> www.sarahstierch.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Gendergap mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >> >> > > > -- > > Sarah Stierch > > ----- > > Diverse and engaging consulting for your organization. > > www.sarahstierch.com > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > >
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