Who / What is the American Society of Picture Professionals and why should their guidelines - in a de fact sort of way - be of special interest to cultural heritage institutions operating as public charities? Just curious.
ken On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 1:28 PM, Diane M. Zorich <dzorich at mindspring.com> wrote: > >>From: Cathy Sachs [mailto:cathy at aspp.com] >>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 2:31 PM >>To: cathy at aspp.com >>Subject: Press Release: ASPP "Best Pracices" guidelines. >> >> >>The American Society of Picture Professionals (ASPP) has just posted >>its "Best Practices for Locating Copyright Owners of Photographic >>and Visual Art". >>These guidelines can be found at >><http://www.aspp.com/pages/257/189/0/>http://www.aspp.com/pages/257/189/0/ >> >>A Press Release is attached, and we would appreciate any mention >>that you can give to this initiative. >> >>Thank you >>Cathy Sachs >> >> >>Cathy D-P Sachs >>Executive Director >>American Society of Picture Professionals >>117 South Saint Asaph Street >>Alexandria, VA 22314 >>Email: <mailto:cathy at aspp.com>cathy at aspp.com >>Phone: 703.299.0219 >>Fax: 703.299.9910 >><http://www.aspp.com/>http://www.aspp.com >> >>Building Community Among Image Professionals >> >>PRESS RELEASE >>July 24, 2008 >>Alexandria, Virginia >> >>ASPP RELEASES "BEST PRACTICES" GUIDELINES >> >>The American Society of Picture Professionals has released >>guidelines entitled "ASPP's Best Practices for Locating Copyright >>Owners of Photographic and Visual Art". This guide is intended to >>be a "living document" and will be continually updated as new >>registries and technologies become available. This version 2.0 >>contains many useful links to organizations and other places where >>one can access information. >> >>The guide can be found at the ASPP website at >><http://www.aspp.com/users/ASPPSite4390/ASPP_Best_Practises_v2_7-8-08.pdf>http://www.aspp.com/users/ASPPSite4390/ASPP_Best_Practises_v2_7-8-08.pdf >> >>Executive Director, Cathy Sachs, expressed the following thoughts: >>"Especially in light of the Orphan Works pending legislation, it was >>our hope that these guidelines would be helpful in locating >>copyright holders, and that they might eventually aid in the >>construction of the defined "diligent search". This in turn, we >>hoped, would minimize the flood of "orphans" that might be created >>by inadequate search procedures. We feel that none of our members >>would benefit from that." >> >> >>The American Society of Picture Professional (ASPP) is a community >>of image experts committed to sharing their experience and knowledge >>throughout the industry. This non-profit association provides >>professional networking and educational opportunities for those who >>create, edit, research, license, manage or publish pictures. For >>more information go to <http://www.aspp.com/>www.aspp.com or contact >>the Executive Director Cathy Sachs at >><mailto:cathy at aspp.com>cathy at aspp.com >> >> > > > -- > Diane M. Zorich > 113 Gallup Road > Princeton, NJ 08542 USA > Voice: 609-252-1606 > Fax: 609-252-1607 > Email: dzorich at mindspring.com > or dianezorich at comcast.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 >
