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Naomi Korn
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From: Naomi Korn [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 31 August 2007 18:52
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Subject: MDA launches Intellectual Property Manifesto for Museums
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PRESS RELEASE
MDA launches Intellectual Property Manifesto for Museums
MDA - a leading provider of copyright and intellectual property (IP) advice
and training to museums - has announced the publication of an Intellectual
Property Manifesto for collections.
The Manifesto aims to increase understanding of the relationship between IP
issues and best practice in the management of museum collections. It sets
out MDA's priorities for delivering services which will best enable museums
to take advantage of the commercial, creative and educational opportunities
presented by effective management of their IP. Planned activities include
the development of standards, training courses and new resources; lobbying
for changes in legislation; and working in partnership with Government and
other key stakeholders from across the cultural heritage sector.
Meanwhile, members of MDA's Intellectual Property Advisory Committee - an
independent expert panel of leading figures from the legal, publishing and
picture library industries - are meeting today with representatives from the
UK Intellectual Property Office. Among the subjects for discussion will be
'orphan works' and the process of due diligence, and how these issues impact
on the core collections care activities of museums.
Naomi Korn, MDA Intellectual Property Officer, commented, 'By working in
collaboration with organisations both within and beyond the heritage sector,
MDA is seeking new ways to help museums deliver effective services to the
public through the management of copyright and other related rights. The
launch of the Manifesto and the work of the Advisory Committee give us a
voice in influencing the strategic development of copyright in the UK on
behalf of the museums community.'
To download a copy of the Intellectual Property Manifesto, and for further
advice and information on intellectual property issues, please visit:
www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright
<http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright>
<http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright>
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Notes for Editors
MDA is the UK's focus for standards, expertise and advice in the
professional management of collections, and a leading organisation in the
provision of intellectual property support to the sector. www.mda.org.uk
<http://www.mda.org.uk> <http://www.mda.org.uk>
MDA's Intellectual Property Manifesto for Museums is available to download
free from: www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright
<http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright>
<http://www.collectionslink.org.uk/get_to_grips_with_copyright>
The MDA IP Advisory Committee was created to establish a position statement
on IP and collections, and to instruct the future development of MDA's work
on IP and rights management. Members include representatives from the
Bridgeman Art Library, DACS (Design and Artists Copyright Society), the
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), the British Library, BAPLA
(British Association of Picture Libraries and Agencies), Finers Stephens
Innocent LLP, CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information
Professionals), Museums Copyright Group, the National Portrait Gallery,
Farrer & Co LLP, the Libraries and Archives Copyright Alliance (LACA) and
the Strategic Content Alliance.
For further information about the work of MDA, or to interview Nick Poole,
MDA Chief Executive, contact [log in to unmask] or telephone 01223 415760.
MDA is supported by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).
www.mla.gov.uk <http://www.mla.gov.uk> <http://www.mla.gov.uk>
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Eleanor Lovegrove
Marketing Officer
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Cambridge CB2 2PD Tel: 01223 415760 Fax: 01223 415960
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