------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 16:34:12 +0000 Organization: Coventry University Subject: Copyright for slides From: Nicola Atkins <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Send reply to: [log in to unmask] > Hello - especially to those with slide collections, > > I am a member of ACADI (Association of Curators for Art and Design > Images) - a growing group which discusses issues to do with slides > and images. Many of us use the DACS licence (Design and Artists > Copyright Society) whereby we can make slides of 'artworks' in books > and journals, and DACS will then deal with the copyright. However, > DACS only deal with the reproduction of 'artworks' i.e. not things > like advertising, film stills and product design. It is unclear what > negotiations they may have already made with other bodies with a > view to widening their remit; however it is unlikely that DACS will > be able to cover non artworks in the future. As a group we are > considering approaching other representative bodies to see whether > or not we can arrange something for reproducing non artworks. We > would therefore appreciate any suggestions as to representative > bodies we could approach for graphic designers, advertising, etc. > Any help will be gratefully appreciated. > > Nikki Atkins > Coventry University > (024) 7688 8538 ------- End of forwarded message ------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%