On Friday, November 29, 1996, Carol Mayer wrote:

     "We ae in the process of developingaPolicy concerning reproduction of
     museum
     images, objects and settings.  One area that is of interest to me (&my
     responsibility) has to do with copyright.  We seem tobe ok at images
     "in the
     hand" but I cannot grasp the rules (if any) associated with digitised
     images

     on the web/net.  At a recent copyright seminar (Canadian) I was
     informed
     that a digitised image is not a photograph and therefore not subject
     to the
     same copyright restrictions.  I'm not sure what this means.   Can
     anybody
     help me? "

     The Heritage Forum at the Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
     Web site at

     http://www.chin.gc.ca

     has several items about copyright legislation.  Some of the information
     refers to images.  Have a look under "Copyright" in the List of Topics.

     FYI, the Forum is an interactive journal with information for museum-
     and heritage professionals.  All documents, Web links, and information
     about listservs are organized by topic for easy retrieval.

     If you know of any useful heritage-related sites or if your working
     group or committee has reports or studies that you would like to share
     with your fellow professionals, please get in touch with me. The Forum
     is there to meet your needs, but we have to know what your needs are!

     Wendy Thomas
     Project Leader, Heritage Forum
     Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN)
     http://www.chin.gc.ca
     1-800-520-2446 (in Canada & USA)
     1-819-994-1200
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