But is it "crediting"? Or is it a political statement? How does one credit a legal status? After all, under copyright law, there is no need to declare something public domain. Nothing in a lack of declaration or "credit" reduces or harms a work's public domain status. It would be interesting to see the Art Bulletin's "captioning policy now stated near the beginning of each Art Bulletin issue."
At first glance, it seems a bit over the top. On the other hand, maybe we need a bit of over-the-top these days to counterbalance over-the-top copyright claims, the chilling effect, and shrinking fair use protections. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane M. Zorich" <dzor...@mindspring.com> To: <mcn-l at toronto.mediatrope.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 4:47 PM Subject: [MCN-L] IP SIG: Fwd: Re: Art Bulletin use of "In the Public Domain" in its captions Crediting the public domain (see below) -- what a great and bold idea. Kudos to the College Art Association. Now will museums follow suit? Diane >Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:34:13 -0700 >Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >Sender: Visual Resources Association <VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >From: Benjamin Kessler <bkessler0606 at SBCGLOBAL.NET> >Subject: Re: Art Bulletin use of "In the Public Domain" in its captions >To: VRA-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU >List-Help: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L>, > <mailto:LISTSERV at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU?body=INFO VRA-L> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-unsubscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:VRA-L-subscribe-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Owner: <mailto:VRA-L-request at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU> >List-Archive: <http://listserv.uark.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=VRA-L> >X-ELNK-Info: spv=0; >X-ELNK-AV: 0 >X-ELNK-Info: sbv=0; sbrc=.0; sbf=00; sbw=000; > >Eileen-- > >This is a conscious effort on the part of CAA, >spearheaded by Eve Sinaiko, Director of >Publications. Their captioning policy is now >stated near the beginning of each Art Bulletin >issue. I don't think that this has yet become >common practice for scholarly publications at >large, so CAA is attempting to set a good >example. > >Ben Kessler > >"Fry, P. Eileen" <fryp at INDIANA.EDU> wrote: > >st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } >Colleagues, > >I may have missed discussion of this, but is it >now common practice for scholarly journals to >credit illustrations with captions that say "In >the Public Domain" for the work, and then >copyright for the photographer? Art Bulletin >seems to be doing this, but I'm not sure how >widespread it is. > >Eileen Fry >Indiana University -- Diane M. Zorich 113 Gallup Road Princeton, NJ 08542 USA Voice: 609-252-1606 Fax: 609-252-1607 Email: dzorich at mindspring.com _______________________________________________ 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
