I agree with Tehmina.
So many people do not understand the issues - even those within the sector. Many of the general public are unware of copyright. They think that if they don't have to pay to access it, they must be able to use it; and that if they have paid to obtain a copy, that gives them the right to copy and share it.
Other digital images issues also need to be aired more widely (conservation problems, formats etc).
Best wishes,
Janet
--- On Wed, 15/7/09, Tehmina Goskar wrote:
> I don't know, Nick. Why can't this
> forum discuss the issues the
> not-yet case raises? We are all individuals with and
> without
> affiliation. Most of us know there is a problem, a deep
> one,
> reconciling the right of the gallery to protect its assets
> and the
> responsibility of it to provide good access.
>
> The only thing that will go some way to, dare I say, move
> forward is
> for copyright law to be fully overhauled and be explicit
> on
> reproductions of original works and the rights of owners of
> out of
> copyright works, particularly 'public' owners. If more
> cultural
> organisations were more explicit about what they want, we
> may get
> somewhere. Who is to compensate public institutions for
> loss of
> revenue if reproductions of ooc works are put fully in the
> public
> domain? What of unsanctioned commercial exploitation? How
> would you
> stop this for images that were scraped in this way?
>
> I say it is important to keep discussing and for
> organisations not be
> more open, frank and honest about what they lose and gain.
>
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