This is already doing the rounds on twitter as it's a useful summary. It's
only short so it's easy to look over yourself, but as you're all busy
people, here's the section on principles of fair use for museums (including
galleries):
'PRINCIPLE
Museums and their staffs may invoke fair use in using copyrighted works,
including images and text as well as time-based and born-digital
material, in furtherance of their core missions, subject to certain
limitations:
Limitations
* When copyrighted works are used in connection with physical or virtual
exhibitions, the use should be justified by the curatorial objective, and
the user should be prepared to articulate that justification.
* The amount of a work used in museum publications, the size and resolution
of published reproductions, and the level of fidelity of those
reproductions should be appropriate to the analytic or educational purpose.
* Downloadable images made available online should be suitable in size for
full-screen projection or display on a personal computer or mobile device,
but generally not larger.
* When image details and support for “close looking” are offered online
through large or high-resolution images, downloading should not be
facilitated unless a special justification is present.
* Images provided to the public should be accompanied by attribution of the
original work as is customary in the field, to the extent possible.
* Images and other documentation of museum collections should be associated
with all appropriate and reasonably available metadata.
* Images and documentation of museum collections should honor institutional
policies designed to protect noncopyright interests of third parties,
including the privacy of individuals and the cultural sensitivities of
communities.'
Bear in mind, this is for *copyrighted works* - the sky's the limit for
uncopyrighted works. I can see many potential cans of worms, but also the
potential for freeing museums to better serve their audiences. How does it
strike people who work directly with collections?
Cheers, Mia
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From: Diane Zorich <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 9 February 2015 at 16:54
Subject: [MCN-L] FW: CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual
Arts
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FYI includes a section for museumsŠ.
From: "Christine L. Sundt" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Visual Resources Association <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, February 9, 2015 11:08 AM
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Subject: CAA Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts
The College Art Association (CAA)'s Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for
the Visual Arts has been published and is available for download online:
http://www.collegeart.org/fair-use/. Printed copies will be distributed
during CAA's annual conference, this week at the New York Hilton.
For more information about this publication please visit
http://www.collegeart.org/news/2015/02/09/caa-announces-publication-of-code-
of-best-practices-in-fair-use-for-the-visual-arts/
Christine L. Sundt
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