Interim Report: Art Image Copyright and Licensing Study

This report constitutes an interim report submitted to The Samuel H. Kress Foundation with respect to a grant for the study of museum licensing policies and terms for the use of art images. According to the original grant proposal, the requested grant period was eighteen (18) months, beginning as of May 1, 2009. The first twelve (12) months have centered on research and producing deliverables. That period is now completed. This report will document the tasks pursued and completed during the initial research term of the grant

Information Resources and Library Services for Distance Learners: A Framework for Quality

This document contains recommendations on guidelines for information resources and library services for distance learners. As such, it may serve as a blueprint for policy development or updating existing guidelines at the local, state, regional and national level. The overarching intent of this work is to provide sample principles as a resource for developing, enhancing and endorsing standards and guidelines for distance learners

Roundtable: Sound and Video Archives

"Now, why single out different kinds of formats or different kinds of media and separate them out from the text-based materials that we’ve typically talked about? And there are a variety of answers. These diverse media present diverse challenges, and they also come in many different variations. I mean, just on the example of audiovisual works, they could range from a simple home movie to a feature release film, or on the example of sound recordings they could be something as simple as an interview, as straightforward as an interview, or it could be ethnological field studies, or it could be, well, Girl Talk and mashups and a variety of other kinds of works.

Museum Policies and Art Images: Conflicting Objectives and Copyright Overreaching

Introduction Claims of copyright protection that overreach the bounds of justifiable legal rights occur in many different contexts. Indeed, in almost any copyright litigation, issues regularly surround the legitimacy of the copyright and the rightful claim to it. Although multitudes of copyright questions arise daily, few of them ever go before a judge. Most people struggle with their conflicts and decisions in the simpler context of day-to-day transactions. One context where such decisions r..

Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Terms and Conditions Governing Appearance and Composition of Images

This table provides an overview of rights and reproduction policies addressing the composition and appearance of art images provided by art museums throughout the United States. It also provides a means for comparing and analyzing how different institutions regulate appearance and composition through licensing terms

Art Image Copyright and Licensing: Terms and Conditions Governing Third Party Rights

This table provides an overview of the rights and reproduction policies of art museums within the United States as they address the existence of third party copyrights in artwork reproductions. It also provides a means for comparing and analyzing how different institutions approach the issue of third party rights when licensing uses of art images