Here is are some helpful remarks from Dianne Nichols. Thanks, Dianne.
Hi Tess,
There are many different guidelines that you may want to refer to. The
Art
Librarians have been working with digitizing works and looking into the
type of
clearance that is needed.
If you take the picture, you own the rights to the picture. One may not
'publish' a picture taken by someone else without clearance from the
person
taking the picture. On the other hand, you are correct about modern
lace in
that some designers do not want their work published because they may be
teaching it? or they may be wanting to publish it themselves at a later
date,
etc. If you publish a picture of a current piece of work, that you do
not own,
I would say be prepared to be asked to have the picture removed. That
is what
happened in the past with EGA and ANG.
Actually, there may need to be two clearances required for current
works, from
the designer of the pattern and from the lacemaker. This is something
that may
be required if the interpretation is unique or different.
The key is taking your own pictures, you own and
the quality or resolution. Lots of pictures do not show detail on the
web for
this very reason.
Not sure if this helps you but lots of archives are debating this point
as they
figure out what they can publish to draw people to their museums.
Great Idea if the pieces are unusual and worthy of study.
Dianne
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PS. Another thought that occurred to me is that even if someone has
taken a photo in
a museum, they cannot donate it as many museums only permit you to
photograph
for personal study use only. So, another question to pose to
prospective
donors.
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