No, the point was that their day-contract terms did NOT make them federal workers.
Amalyah Keshet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad Petrovay" <[email protected]> To: "Museum Computer Network Listserv" <mcn-l at mcn.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim > RE: "Not all of their photographs are created by Smithsonian employees, > but by for-hire photographers. Thus they are indeed protected by > copyright, transferred by the photographer to the Smithsonian." > > If these photographers were hired using federal funds then they might be > considered federal workers (in their contract capacity), giving favor to > the argument that the photographs are part of the public domain. > > It's a very slippery slope. > > > Chad M Petrovay > Collections Database Administrator > The Walters Art Museum > 600 North Charles Street > Baltimore, MD 21210 > P: 410.547.9000 x266 > F: 410.837.4846 > cpetrovay at thewalters.org > > www.thewalters.org > > Exhibitions: > Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt on view June 15 - August 26 > Linda Day Clark: The Gee's Bend Photographs on view June 15 - September > 2 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] On Behalf Of > amalyah keshet > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:40 PM > To: mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com > Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim > > >>http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2007/05/18/group_defies_ > smithsonian_copyright_claim/ >> > > Group defies Smithsonian copyright claim > >>Brett Zongker >>The Associated Press >>May 21, 2007 >> >>Grabbing pictures of iconic Smithsonian Institution artifacts just >>got a whole lot easier. >> >>Before, if you wanted to get a picture of the Wright Brothers' >>plane, you could go to the Smithsonian Images Web site and pay for a >>print or high-resolution image after clicking through several >>warnings about copyrights and other restrictions -- and only if you >>were a student, teacher or pledging not to use it to make money. >> >>Now, you can just go to the free photo-sharing Web site flickr.com. >>A nonprofit group is challenging the copyrights and restrictions on >>images being sold by the Smithsonian. But instead of going to court, >>the group downloaded all 6,288 photos online and posted them >>Wednesday night on the free Internet site. (more) > > > BTW, regarding the claim that all Smithsonian photos are in the > public domain because they were created by government employees: > several years ago I checked this out. Not all of their photographs > are created by Smithsonian employees, but by for-hire > photographers. Thus they are indeed protected by copyright, > transferred by the photographer to the Smithsonian. > > > > Amalyah Keshet > Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management > The Israel Museum, Jerusalem www.imj.org.il > Chair, MCN IP special interest group www.mcn.edu > Blog www.musematic.net > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum > Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > _______________________________________________ > You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer > Network (http://www.mcn.edu) > > To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l at mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://toronto.mediatrope.com/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l >
