Dear Antonia (if I may)
You may remember we met last summer at the Arlis conference.
Well, anyway, I am wondering if you would be interested in setting up a
library exchange with us.
Here is my list of items available on exchange.
<<publexchnge.doc>>
. The National Galleries consist of three separate institutions, The
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, The Scottish National Gallery of Modern
Art and The National Gallery of Scotland (western art up to ca. 1900), each
with its own library and exchange partners.
I look forward to hearing from you.
best wishes
Penelope Carter
Librarian
National Gallery of Scotland
The Mound
Edinburgh
EH2 2EL
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> Sent: 03 November 2000 11:18
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> Subject: Copyright query
>
> I'm currently dealing with a request for photocopying which is causing me
> a
> few headaches and I'd be very grateful for any advice anyone can give me
> on
> the matter.
>
> I recently received a request from an American enquirer who claims to be
> unable to visit the UK to consult a ms in our collection. In the 1960's
> we
> were given a copy of a researcher's typescript transcript of the memoirs
> of
> an 18thC artist. The memoirs were still in the possession of the artist's
> family (current whereabouts unknown) but the artist stipulated that the
> contents were never to be published.
>
> It seems that the researcher gained permission of the descendants to
> transcribe the memoirs for his research and he later deposited a copy with
> the NPG, claiming copyright in the typescript. We know that the
> researcher
> had died by the mid-1980's.
>
> Our understanding regarding copyright in unpublished mss is that they were
> previously in copyright in perpetuity but that the 1989 Act changed that.
> Material already in copyright when the Act came into force (ie. works by
> author who died before August 1989) are given arbitrary treatment and will
> remain in copyright until January 1st 2040. I have two queries:
>
> 1/ In our circumstances does this apply to the copyright claimed by the
> transcriber? Or would it only apply to the artist and therefore, as he
> died
> 200 years ago, the work is out of copyright?
>
> 2/ How long does one respect the wishes of the artist, bearing in mind
> that
> his descendants gave permission for an external researcher to view the
> contents of the memoirs years ago?
>
> Any advice or opinion would be gratefully received. thank you.
>
>
> Antonia Leak
> Librarian & Study Room Manager
> Heinz Archive & Library
> National Portrait Gallery
> St Martin's Place
> London, WC2H 0HE
>
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