Re: Re: O/T- reproducion rights? WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLICDOMAIN

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Di wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience with obtaining reproduction rights from
> museums on their public domain works of art? I know some museums rent or
> lease color transparencies for a period of time and some require that
> they approve of your project use of the art; i.e., the Met in NY will
> not approve of using their pictures for advertising. There is a broker
> who handles a large variety of repro rights,  but the price is way out
> of sight - $ 400.00 for one 4X5 for about 6 month rental.
>
> The museums themselves won't allow pictures, so even if the work is old
> enough to be public domain, the museum controls the image. I doubt
> seriously if anyone would miss an opportunity to see an original
> Waterlilies by Monet just because they had a small reproduction of their
> wall>>
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Di, for what purpose are you wanting to obtain limited reproduction rights 
for museum-held artwork? This will affect (as you know) the terms and fee 
they may require, and/or their willingness to explore this with you.

Some websites that may or may not be helpful to you:

http://www.copyright.com/  Copyright Clearance Center
http://www.icopyright.com/  Copyright/Reprint Clearinghouse
http://www.ipmall.fplc.edu/  Intellectual Property Mall
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Then Paul wrote:

<<WHEN WORKS PASS INTO THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm

As for the length of time required before something passes into the public 
domain (when copyrighted in the USA), there are too many variables to presume 
that this chart is always applicable. Those figures can change if the 
copyright registration is updated by the family of the creator, an estate 
guardian, or a corporation. 

Here are some websites that are invaluable in their copyright information! 
You may want to bookmark them for future reference:

http://www.artslaw.org/  (Ocean State Lawyers for the Arts)

http://www.templetons.com/brad/copymyths.html  (Ten Myths about Copyright 
Explained)

http://www.ppa-world.org/copyright.html  (Professiona Photographers of America
 photo copyright guidelines)

http://www.aimnet.com/~carroll/copyright/faq-home.html  (Copyright Resource 
Page)

http://www.ilt.columbia.edu/projects/copyright/index.html  (Columbia 
University's Institute for Learning Technologies guide to Copyright page. 
Includes links to Art Law discussion groups)

http://www.hg.org/art.html  (Hieros Gamos Art Law, offering a Guide to Art 
Law on the Internet, as well as the linked categories of intellectual 
property, commercial transactions, etc.)

http://www.benedict.com/  (The Copyright Website, which "endeavors to provide 
real-world, practical and relevant copyright information".)

http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm  (A Crash 
Course in Copyright)

http://www.links2go.com/topic/Intellectual_Property  (Copyright, Patent and 
Trademarks Links for US, European, Asian and other IP sites)

Some of these sites are not the most *intuitively* organized, but you can 
find a wealth of information by doing the searching... whether you need that 
information now, or a resource to explore sometime in the future.

Best Wishes!

Ken Johnston  /  Heartworks, Inc.  /  Dallas, TX  USA
The problem is not that there are problems. The problem is expecting 
otherwise and thinking that having problems is a problem.  - Theodore Rubin

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