Andy,
Thanks very much for your comments. I'm glad you like the resource. The copyright link at the bottom of the pages links to the generic Copyright policy page on the Royal Academy website, (i.e. relating to the entire content of the RA website). I've forwarded your email to our Web Editor and Communications Director who are responsible for the content of this page and have asked them to get back to you.
Regards,
Adam
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Andy Mabbett
Sent: 19 February 2013 10:50
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Subject: Re: Royal Academy of Arts Winter Exhibition catalogues (1870-1939) digitised and available via the RA website
On 19 February 2013 08:19, Adam Waterton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Some of you may be interested in a new resource that has just been added to the Royal Academy of Arts Collections website.
> These catalogues are now available to browse and search online via the
> Royal Academy website
> <http://www.racollection.org.uk/ixbin/indexplus?_IXACTION_=file&_IXFIL
> E_=templates/pages/exhibition_list.html>
That's a fabulous resource; thank you.
I have one concern, however. The copyright notice at the foot of each page links to a page saying:
<begin quote>
The following are prohibited without prior written consent from the Royal Academy of Arts:
* Public performance or display
* Sale, rental, leasing or lending of material on the website
* Republication of site content in any other medium
* Reproduction, extraction, manipulation or storage of content in any retrieval system, website or computer programme
Other prohibitions may apply. If you wish to make use of any content on www.royalacademy.org.uk the onus rests with you to ensure that you are not infringing copyright law.
Ownership
Copyright in all materials, work or content featured on www.royalacademy.org.uk remains the property of the Royal Academy of Arts and other copyright holders.
<end quote>
and yet some of the material concerned is clearly out of copyright by dint of age. While I appreciate that the aforesaid notice is probably a boilerplate text, it is likely to have a chilling on the reuse of public domain material. Please can it be amended, to make clear that the RA isn't attempting to assert copyright on PD material?
--
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
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