At 16:37 05/02/03 -0500, David Green wrote:
materials will only be made available for use by not-for-profit educational institutions,
It is perhaps invidious to carp about any initiative which seeks to offer wider access to images but .... mention of not-for-profit educational institutions raises a wry smile on this side of the Atlantic when some North American 'not-for-profits' have budgets equivalent to the GDPs of some developing countries. Are universities really the best guardians of intellectual property? If we want to expand our audience as museums do we hand the control of access to cultural elites? What is ARTstor's fear in making images, of a defined low-resolution, available to anyone who can get Net access? Surely the question is not one of access but of re-use. The model of the Soviet film train bringing movies to distant villages appeals with cells of museum workers ready to destroy the presses of anyone pinching an image for a calendar. Ah well, back to the barricades Douglas The Highland Clearances http://www.theclearances.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [email protected]
