Thank you Ben for articulating this discrepancy. I noticed it too and was left scratching my head. I hope Friday's CAA session on the publication provides some clarity.
-- Tamsen Young Museum Digital Media and Strategic Initiatives Manager The Museum at FIT, Room E116 Seventh Avenue at 27th Street New York, NY 10001 212~217~4547 ** 212~217~4561 fax www.fitnyc.edu/museum Visit our collections online at fashionmuseum.fitnyc.edu Find us on Facebook:facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT <https://www.facebook.com/TheMuseumAtFIT> Follow us on Twitter @Museumatfit <https://twitter.com/museumatFIT> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 2:14 PM, Ben Rubinstein <benr...@cogapp.com> wrote: > Thanks Diane (and Melissa) for bringing this to the list's attention. > > I note with a sigh that while the Code says (p12) > > Museums... >> - Downloadable images made available online should be suitable >> in size for full-screen projection or display on a personal computer >> or mobile device, but generally not larger. >> > > The associated FAQ at > http://www.collegeart.org/pdf/fair-use/best-practices-fair-use-faq.pdf > > recommends (p3) > http://aamd.org/sites/default/files/document/Thumbnail% > 20Images%20Policy.pdf > > which it says "states conclusions that are fully consistent with the Code". > > The AAMD policy (from 2011) settled on 250 x 300 pixels as the defensible > size for an image which (apart from being an incredibly unhelpful way to > state max dimensions) is a long way from "suitable in size for full-screen > projection or display on a personal computer or mobile device". > > So we're still a long way from clarity! > > - Ben > > > > On 09/02/2015 16:54, Diane Zorich wrote: > >> FYI includes a section for museums. >> >> From: "Christine L. Sundt" <csu...@mindspring.com> >> Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <vr...@listserv.uark.edu> >> Date: Monday, February 9, 2015 11:08 AM >> To: <vr...@listserv.uark.edu> >> Subject: CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts >> >> >> The College Art Association (CAA)'s Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for >> the Visual Arts has been published and is available for download online: >> http://www.collegeart.org/fair-use/. Printed copies will be distributed >> during CAA's annual conference, this week at the New York Hilton. >> >> For more information about this publication please visit >> http://www.collegeart.org/news/2015/02/09/caa-announces- >> publication-of-code- >> of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-the-visual-arts/ >> >> Christine L. Sundt >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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@mcn.edu > > To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: > http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l > > The MCN-L archives can be found at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/ >
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