Hi everyone, I have a question about international copyright. I have been scouring the R&R Handbook and reached out to Anne Young. Anne provided me with a lot of helpful information and also encouraged me to post to the listserv (thank you so much for everything, Anne!)
The Detroit Institute of Arts has a 1924 work by Paul Klee (Swiss, died 79 years ago) in our collection. I have a strictly commercial use for the image (definitely not "fair use"). 1. Do I even bother trying to figure out if our work is in the public domain since Klee is an ARS artist? 2. I have found an image of the work in a book published in Germany in 1931 (there is a copyright notice at the front of the book). I can show a good-faith effort for research, and I think this image is most likely the first time the work was published. I should look at German copyright law, yes? Does this affect copyright in the U.S.? Or should I be looking to see when the image was first published in the U.S.? 3. I should also be looking for "the year the work was sold or offered for sale by a gallery, dealer, or public auction," yes? And if this is overseas (which it is in this case), I should look at Germany copyright law, yes? Does this affect copyright the U.S.? We do not have a copyright attorney on staff. I am trying to put together a "Copyright Project" here at the DIA and so just trying to get a sense of what this is going to entail. Thank you (and feel free to contact me directly). Best, Jessica Jessica Herczeg-Konecny Digital Asset Manager Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue │ Detroit, MI 48202 Tel (313) 833-1391 │ jhkone...@dia.org<mailto:jhkone...@dia.org> _______________________________________________ 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/
