Hello MCN,
This may be a rather dense question regarding copyright law...but as it's
outside my area of expertise I figured this community could provide a great
reference point. My own research is not turning up an good answers/examples
either!
Do any institutions assign different copyright
Kate:
If an image is a protected (copyrighted) work, it doesn't matter what size or
format it's in. It's protected, and the copyright holder has the exclusive
right to reproduce and distribute it and to make derivatives of it. (Thumbnail
images for purposes of identification, for example in
Technically, if your institution holds the copyright, you can license
derivative works however you like (and cropping, resolution changes are
technically derivations). BUT, I think it would be difficult to enforce
resolution as a derivative work if you are putting both out on the web. I
don't
I should clarify that I am referring to the museum-created photograph/digital
image only, ignoring for the moment the copyright status of the underlying work
of art appearing in the photograph.
Amalyah
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From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu
It's a great question and a fascinating topic, Kate.
I've cross-posted this question over to the Open Knowledge Foundation's
Open-GLAM mailing list. (I'm pretty sure the discussions are available in
a public archive, I just can't put my finger on the link right now. D'oh!)
As a point of
I think I see two possible misunderstandings in your original question. First,
there is only one copyright here: the copyright in the photograph of the urn.
(I am going to assume, like Amalyah, that the Greek urn itself is ancient and
now in the public domain.) A medium resolution version is
Hello All --
It's always worth noting that a fair use can be made of any image, no matter
theresolution or size.
Whether and how an institution chooses to control access to images of works in
its care is of course a different question. Michael points to some great
examples of institutions
