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Maggie Securing assignments of copyright in deposits is a very sensible policy to adopt and (assuming that you have access to a copy) you will find a model assignment in my book (9.4). Be aware that an assignment is only of the rights owned by the assignor; the owner of a collection of photographs is not necessarily the owner of the copyright in all (or in some cases even in any) of them. However, you have presumably checked that your donor does in fact own at least a substantial proportion of the copyrights in this case. Once you have the assignment, I suggest that unless the assignor owns the rights in everything you annotate your catalogue of the collection to indicate those items in which you own the copyright and those in which you do not, for the information of your successors. Tim ------------------ Tim Padfield Information Policy Consultant and Copyright Officer Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Council on National Records and Archives Public Sector Information Division The National Archives Kew Richmond Surrey TW9 4DU Tel +44 (0)20 8392 5381 Fax +44 (0)20 8487 9219 E-mail [log in to unmask] Website http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk _________________________________________________________________ Please note: Although I have some legal training and qualifications, any advice I give on copyright or archival issues is not to be taken as legal advice. If you need formal legal advice you should consult a solicitor with expertise in the appropriate field. _________________________________________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Maggie Coe Sent: 16 November 2006 11:42 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Copyright forms Dear All I'm new to the list, and hoping some of out there may be able to help with this query. We have recently been offered a large collection of photographs which are still in copyright. At this stage we have yet to decide whether or not to accept them, but if we did we would ideally like it to be on the condition that copyright in the images could be assigned to the museum. We are hoping that this would mean we could then go on to reproduce any of the images in exhibitions and publications as we see fit, without always having to go back to the copyright holder. I'd be interested to know if this is something that any other institutions do when accepting material such as photographs that are still in copyright? If so, do you have a standard form that you ask people to sign? Any advice or information you have to share would be most gratefully received. Best wishes, Maggie Maggie Wood Documentation & Collections Assistant Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (MoDA) Middlesex University E: [log in to unmask] Direct line: 020 8411 5445 ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives Disclaimer This email message (and attachments) may contain information that is confidential to The National Archives. If you are not the intended recipient you cannot use, distribute or copy the message or attachments. In such a case, please notify the sender by return email immediately and erase all copies of the message and attachments. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The National Archives are neither given nor endorsed by it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------