I agree with Tim and Steve.  As museum professionals we need to be
extremely aware of copyright issues.  Here at Cape Fear Museum we go to
great lengths to protect the legal rights to our collection.  We also go to
great lengths not to step on the toes of any other organization's legal
rights.  Call it the Golden Rule, call it fear of lawsuits, call it
whatever you want, the museum community, as the professionals we are
supposed to be, should be walking point on this issue.

Tim

PS:  It's Steve's job to watch out for this list, so let him do his job
(and a fine one at that!).

Timothy S. Bottoms · Registrar · Cape Fear Museum · 814 Market Street ·
Wilmington, North Carolina 28401-4731 · 910.341.4350 x 3011 · 910.341.4037
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>
> Please cite the source in the Museum-L archives/rules
> that correlates to this new dictum.
>
> Thank you.

Sorry for the length, but first, try the various Copyright Acts, and
secondly, in the case you mention, check the Trib itself - newsgroups and
lists don't generally count as "You may use the Content online only, and
solely for your personal, non-commercial use," etc. You will find this is
the case with almost every news site, even if it allows you to e-mail a
copy
of a story or article. We need to consistently respect Copyright:

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tim

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