Remember that only unpublished works by authors who died in 1945 entered the public domain in the US this year. Published works may still be protected by copyright. Determining the publication and public domain status of a museum object is difficult and must be calculated on an item-by-item basis.
Peter B. Hirtle, FSAA Affiliate Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] http://vivo.cornell.edu/display/individual23436 Copyright and Cultural Institutions: Guidelines for Digitization for U.S. Libraries, Archives, and Museums: http://hdl.handle.net/1813/14142 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Diane Zorich Sent: Monday, January 04, 2016 11:35 AM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <[email protected]> Subject: [MCN-L] FW: Public Domain Day 2016 Public Domain Day, folks! (I love Heidi's excitement at "flipping the rights status" and would like to suggest that museums who do this might want to announce it more publicly via their social media outlets - when the occasion warrants it, of course.) -Diane From: Visual Resources Association <[email protected]> on behalf of Heidi Raatz <[email protected]> Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 4, 2016 10:46 AM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Public Domain Day 2016 Happy Public Domain Day! Here's your graduating class of 2016: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/class-of-2016/ <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__publicdomainreview.org_ collections_class-2Dof-2D2016_&d=BQMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbO dX7Lx6ge8&r=a9UTc_1dkRcFJvGH4QJ61zK_g8diw8hHBvEtyREkAAY&m=zeR-5SqZqgDHLYhzk_ Xe7BbbewxjAvQqb5CkOrAs6kg&s=4b_xmoxHVXI6Sq6h6Tpbk732pGRYwJQiVsG6rFizm7o&e=> Quite possibly my favorite task of each new year is flipping the rights status for objects in our museum permanent collection from Copyright Protected to Public Domain. Watch our collections website <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__collections.artsmia.org _&d=BQMFaQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=a9UTc_1dkRcFJvGH4 QJ61zK_g8diw8hHBvEtyREkAAY&m=zeR-5SqZqgDHLYhzk_Xe7BbbewxjAvQqb5CkOrAs6kg&s=S uOd_1NpB8v88g8LunNeNd7lSoY3UfsaAg7n6hAh9AU&e=> for new biggie images to download in the next few days after the data determining their statuses refreshes. All best, Heidi -- Heidi S. Raatz, MLIS Visual Resources Librarian | Permissions Officer Minneapolis Institute of Art 2400 Third Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55404 612.870.3196 | [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> | www.artsmia.org <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.artsmia.org_&d=BQMF aQ&c=JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=a9UTc_1dkRcFJvGH4QJ61zK_g 8diw8hHBvEtyREkAAY&m=zeR-5SqZqgDHLYhzk_Xe7BbbewxjAvQqb5CkOrAs6kg&s=b3z1QZToC hxKQ3wSldM8jtqibm7143rsbcehNrG3pmQ&e=> | VisRes Request Form [internal use] <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ow.ly_43q4p&d=BQMFaQ&c= JL-fUnQvtjNLb7dA39cQUcqmjBVITE8MbOdX7Lx6ge8&r=a9UTc_1dkRcFJvGH4QJ61zK_g8diw8 hHBvEtyREkAAY&m=zeR-5SqZqgDHLYhzk_Xe7BbbewxjAvQqb5CkOrAs6kg&s=Vw72ARZX_eiyKY 8nPBehFPcFlHN9IQDmUC9g9LcX8Ww&e=> ____________________________________________ Sent via the listserv of the Visual Resources Association: http://www.vraweb.org/. Join VRA or subscribe: http://vraweb.org/membership/join/. Unsubscribe, search the archive, or customize your subscription: http://vraweb.org/membership/vral/. Questions regarding subscriptions or VRA membership: [email protected]. ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 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: [email protected] 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/[email protected]/
