Comments on: Working Guidelines for the Copyright Project

By: Deborah Wythe

Deborah Wythe — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:37:06 +0000

Hi Jim,
Thanks for the comments. Painting with broad strokes definitely leaves much room for discussion. Our goal was to set some workable guidelines, erring on the side of protecting artists when there was a question. When we can, we get a non-exclusive license. When we can’t, then we dig into the details of publication date, copyright notice, registration status, etc. If you click through on the rights statements on works of art, you’ll see some explanations (including the necessary lawyer-speak–sorry) and resources to help people learn more.
It’s a work in progress!
Deb Wythe
Digital Lab

By: jim hayes

jim hayes — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:16:00 +0000

love the discussion. a few quibbles: not creation date, but “published” date (more complicated); public domain 70 years after death of creator; work published before 1978 without a notice; photos of 3D works are derivative works, subject to above – see the Korean War Veterans Memorial case.

By: DC Copyright and Trademark Lawyer » Museums & Copyright: The Brooklyn Museum

Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:52:53 +0000

[…] The Brooklyn Museum has been running an interesting series on its blog about how they’re dealing with copyright in its project to make its entire collection available online. Given the challenges of determining copyright in different types of artworks, as well as the challenge of determining copyright in photographs of sculptural works, the Museum has come up with an interesting solution. […]

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London The » Jonathan Melber: The Brooklyn Museum’s Copyright Project — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:51:25 +0000

[…] credit just for the effort required to determine the copyright status of 12,000 works–a complicated, painstaking process that took Chief of Technology Shelley Bernstein, Head of Digital Collections and Services Deborah […]

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Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:50:37 +0000

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By: Deborah Wythe

Deborah Wythe — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:23:20 +0000

Thanks Birgitte. It’s always helpful to see others out there who are working on similar projects, so we hope that by jumping into the rights pond, we’ll give others the encouragement to do so too. The more of us who do it, the easier it’ll get.

By: Birgitte Svaerke Pedersen

Birgitte Svaerke Pedersen — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 09:54:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing this. It´s been a great help for me writing my master thesis on museums and social media. Copyright is one of the major issues on art museums but with the documentation on your work there is no longer any excuse. And salute to all your hard work!

By: Brooklyn Museum: Community: bloggers@brooklynmuseum » Little Images, Big Art

Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:11:48 +0000

[…] though many works may not actually still be protected. Deb is going to blog a bit more about our working guidelines coming up […]