Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:09:21 -0400 To: mc...@world.std.com From: rineh...@uclink2.berkeley.edu (Richard Rinehart) Subject: article on digital imaging
I thought you all might be interested in a recent article in the Chron of Higher Education. It's one facet of the academic community's reaction to projects like AMICO and MDLC among other current issues in digital imaging and legislation. Below is the citation I wrote for an e-journal I cite for off and on FYI. -Rick Failing, Patricia. "Scholars Face Hefty Fees and Elaborate Contracts When They Use Digital Images" <http://chronicle.com> The Chronicle of Higher Education XLIV (38): B4-5. -- This article takes a look at the area of image licensing in the digital era. Focussing on museums and other "owners" of digital images, image re-licensors (such as Corbis), and image users such as scholars and teachers, this article makes the case for fair use in education while attempting to provide an overview of the current state of affairs. The article oversimplifies some aspects, such as casting museums as "owners" and scholars & universities as "users" - in actuality each can play either role. Still, the article's basic messages; that this is an important area to attend to, that the education community as a whole (including museums, universities, and scholars) need to seriously evaluate our educational vs. profit goals when we digitize images, and that scholars need to heed government activity as much as commercial; are all points well-taken. Richard Rinehart ---------------- Information Systems Manager & Education Technology Specialist Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive @ University of California http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ ---------------- & President-Elect, Museum Computer Network, http://www.mcn.edu/
