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Digital management of copyright material is increasingly relevant to museums, archives and libraries. For some projects, ranging from large scale digitisation programmes to one-off website projects, it is absolutely critical to delivering the project's objectives. Copyright law currently gives cultural organisations virtually no lee-way, which means that the cost of copyright research and clearance activity can be huge and occasionally prohibitive.
The Museums Libraries and Archives Council has funded the Museums Copyright Group (MCG) to explore with the Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS) the possibility of a blanket licensing scheme. This would allow digitisation of artistic works in collections and digital copies to be made available to staff, students and the public. MLA, the MCG and DACS need your help in providing information to take those discussions forward. A simple questionnaire has been designed which is accessible for on-line completion at:
http://www.museumscopyright.org.uk/question.htm
Further information about the proposals is provided in the questionnaire. I would be enormously grateful if you or the relevant person in your organisation could spare us a little time to complete the questionnaire. This will provide extremely valuable information about digital copyright management issues in the cultural sector that will inform the development of schemes and policies to make life easier for museums, galleries, archives and libraries.
With many thanks in advance for your help
Naomi
Naomi Korn
Secretary, Museums Copyright Group
& Copyright Consultant
Tel: (020) 8886 1764
Mobile: 07957 761 032
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website: www.naomikorn.com
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