An article (below) that is tangential but pertinant to the question. Museums are all about accuracy of attribution, especially in a collecton database. Amalyah Keshet
------------------------------- "Controlling copies isn't necessarily part of an artist's livelihood, but getting them accurately attributed is" Danny O'Brien's new essay "Copyright, Fraud and Window Taxes (No, not that" Windows)" makes a really good point about the way that people view copying on the Internet: copying is a ho-hum, every day thing (after all, in order for you to read these words, they had to be copied dozens, if not hundreds, of times) but "passing off" (plagiarism, fraud) is more frowned-upon than ever "In a digital world, many people don't see the act of copying as a particularly momentous or profitable event. Copying isn't what we do as an act of purchasing; copying is a thing we do to our valuable artifacts. People are scandalised when its suggested that you should pay for a copy copied to backup drives, or iPods; they're amazed when vested interests demand that cached copies or transitory files should count as extra purchases. Copying is no longer a good proxy for incoming revenue; which means it is no longer a good place to extract remuneration... Nowadays, copying isn't always the core part of remunerative creative business. But accurate accreditation very much is... I'm reminded of the fact that the original Creative Commons license allowed creators to choose whether they wanted their works attributed to them or not, but after a year or two, it was discovered that nearly every CC user turned the attribution switch on while generating the license -- everyone wanted correct attribution, even when they were giving away free copies. " http://www.boingboing.net/2008/08/08/controlling-copies-i.html#previouspost ________________________________________ ?????: ??mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu] ??? Weinstein, William [WWeinstein at philamuseum.org] ??????: ????? ??? 14 ?????? 2009 21:29 ????: Museum Computer Network Listserv ??????: [MCN-L] rights question We are evaluating our policy regarding obtaining rights for images of works we publish in our online collection section. The issue of what to do with works where there is an apparent copyright holder that can either not be contacted or does not respond to repeated permission requests. Does anyone have a position of what to do regarding works in this particular state of limbo? Bill Weinstein _______________________________________________ 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 The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/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 The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://toronto.mediatrope.com/pipermail/mcn-l/
