>>> [log in to unmask] 08/14/03 03:25PM >>>
Copyright implys creativity. How creative are those copy photographs?

Well, I know circumstance has forced me into photographing exhibits,
groups of artifacts and individual objects, even for my own research; it
always takes me a fair bit of time to set up lights, angles, etc., to
get the results I want/require, and they're still never as good as like
photos taken by more "creative" people.

But, perhaps I was misunderstood.  My question was not so much about
copyright, as clearly any researcher who photographs a museum artifact
owns copyright in that image.  Rather, it was more about the property
rights of the museum, and how far that goes in controlling images of its
collection pieces.  Once permission has been granted by the museum for a
researcher to take a photograph of an object, even with the clear
understanding that the photo was to be used for the researcher's
personal reference, what recourse might a museum have if such photos
later appear in publication?  Again, copyright and use of the images is
not a question, but does this violate the museum's property rights in
regards to the object thus depicted?

Cheers,


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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587

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