This could be useful for museums, which never have the funds to pursue
copyright infringements (and therefore set no precedents which might be
useful down the line).
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Small Copyright Claims . . .
By Stock Asylum Staff Report, March 30, 2006
http://www.stockasylum.com/text-pages/articles/a6sp032006-smallclaims.htm
"Asserting that photographers are "disenfranchised by the copyright
system" because they cannot afford expensive court proceedures to
protect their images, Victor Perlman told a congressional committee that
the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) would support
creation of a small claims copyright court or some other low-cost legal
procedure to help copyright owners protect their work."
*
Video of Hearing: Oversight Hearing on "Remedies for Small Copyright
Claims".
Wednesday 03/29/2006 - 2:00 PM
2141 Rayburn House Office Building
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property
http://judiciary.house.gov/oversight.aspx?ID=226
(Thanks Olga Francois!)
Amalyah Keshet
Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
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