Mark,
You will not find any or many contemporary artist's works on the net,
until they believe it is safe--copyright-wise.

Also, the GATT treaty which goes into effect on Jan 1 will change the
copyright ownership of museums for European artists.

So in short, it will be tougher for museums to put many images up.

If you want tons of images, check out the Vatican
or Corbis

Joanne Olson
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On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, Mark Ast wrote:
> Can you or anyone else on the list enlighten me about whether and when
> museums will soon be offering the digitized images of their collections
> (either the entire collection or a substantial part) at their web sites.
>
> I realize that the images are in one sense the property of the public, and
> in another they are proprietary and, having value, may be sold to Bill Gates
> or others; or else made into commercial products on CD's or laser discs as
> one now sells inventory catalogues.
>
> Is there a specific plan, or consensus among leading museums, for Internet
> distribution of these images, vs commercialization.
>
> Are there any facts and figures on how many museums are offering large
> portions of their collections in digitized form on the Internet? Are there
> any art museums which are already doing so?
>
> Mark
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Mark Ast, PhD
> Curator, B.W. Schlesinger Fdn.
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