Laura,

Several national Interpol bureaus already maintain such database of
lost/stolen cultural property.

For one example, check the web site of Interpol, Ottawa at
http://www.rcmp-gc.ca/html/arttheft.htm

You may also be interested in a document entitled "Protecting Cultural
Property in the Global Information Society" edited by Robin Thornes
available at the Getty Information Institute web site
http://www.gii.getty.edu/gii/intstan.html

reg Spurgeon
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

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I am currently working on a law review article regarding the use of an
international database on the internet to track lost/stolen
art/antiquities/cultural property.

If any of you have any information you think may be of use to me -- or
even if you just have an opinion on the idea of setting up an
international database on the internet for these purposes, please e-mail
me: [log in to unmask]

Thank you in advance for your help.

Laura McFarland-Taylor
The John Marshall Law School