Hello all,
I am one of those that have taken pictures of artwork in museums before.   I 
asked one of the guards if it was okay, and she said that it was perfectly 
okay for private (ie, no intention of selling the prints of the picture) 
use.  I took some of the pictures because of my interests in researching 
medieval and renaissance costuming.  I was more interested in taking close 
ups of the blackwork (embroidery) or other details than in a full scale 
photo. I do print of these close ups, particularly of trim details and 
embroidery, so that I can accurately recreate it away from the computer 
screen.   I doubt this is what comes to mind for most people when they are 
thinking of copyrights.

Sincerely,
Elizabeth

>I wanted to bring to your attention a most concerning new trend among many 
>digital camera and cameraphone users.  As the owner of an online nationwide 
>boutique photo service, I have noticed that more customers are snapping 
>photos of art -- from paintings to photographs at an alarming rate. A 
>typical example is someone on vacation and instead of buying art, they 
>simply take a picture and have us enlarge it.  They then order custom photo 
>enlargements with our online photo service, and thus preclude the necessity 
>from buying the art directly.  I am concerned about protecting the rights 
>of the artist and equally protecting their livelihood.  I wanted to share 
>this with you and  Global Museum readers and was wondering if this is a 
>growing trend that you have also been experiencing"
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>best wishes to all
>
>Roger
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