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Dear Emily You might like to look at the Strategic Content Alliance template IP Terms and Conditions of use which are available under a CC BY NC licence - so you can adapt them to suit your own requirements They can be find here with a load of other IP and licensing related downloadable templates and resources: http://sca.jiscinvolve.org/wp/ipr-publications/ Best wishes Naomi -----Original Message----- From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Emily Beliveau Sent: 21 July 2010 15:36 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Terms of Use for museum website Hello all, I have been tasked with writing the Terms of Use/Copyright/Privacy notice for an online history project. The bulk of the site consists of several web exhibits and a database featuring text, photographs and audio clips/interviews (it is an oral history project). From what I've seen elsewhere, some museum sites have Terms of Use sections that are extremely lawyerly, but many just use some kind of pseudo-legal-sounding text. My sense is that, for most websites, any legal protection that might be needed would be provided by existing laws and not by the tenuous contract created by a Terms of Use page. I would like to avoid using fine-print-sounding legal language if it isn't necessary. My inclination is to write something concise, in plain language, outlining our expectations for use (respecting the various copyright holders who contributed materials, for instance). I have access to a legal opinion through my workplace, but I would like to hear from the IANAL crowd. So, thoughts? -- Emily Beliveau, Project Assistant Multicultural History Society of Ontario www.mhso.ca **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ **************************************************************** **************************************************************** For mcg information visit the mcg website at http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/ To manage your subscription to this email list visit http://museumscomputergroup.org.uk/email-list/ ****************************************************************