You may want to look for information on intellectual property
rights and the role of libraries in providing a base for access to
electronic information and databases through licensing agreements with the
vendors at the archives and current postings of the LIBLICENSE-L Listserv.
There main web page which includes links to their archives and to
subscription information is found at WWW URL:

        http://lsounixl.library.yale.edu/~llicense/index.shtml

Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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On Wed, 17 Jun 1998, Robert A. Baron wrote:

> [Apologies to readers who receive more than one copy of the following
> cross-posted message and to readers who read it when it was posted a month
> ago.]
>
> Dear Readers:
>
> The College Art Association (CAA) Committee on Intellectual Property (CIP)
> plans to publish a guidebook of questions and answers pertaining to
> copyright issues of concern to art historians, scholars and artists. The
> committee is distributing this call for questions on copyright to a variety
> of Internet discussion lists.
>
> Questions submitted may be about any aspect of copyright law related to how
> the Visual Arts are used by scholars, teachers and artists. Topics may
> include, but need not be limited to international law, rights of artists,
> use of the public domain, publishing issues, use of World Wide Web,
> distance education, multi-media, assembling teaching and research archives,
> fair use and obtaining rights and permissions, student issues.
>
> Kindly send your copyright queries and conundrums to
>
> Robert Baron, chair
> CAA Committee on Intellectual Property
> P.O. Box 93
> Larchmont, NY 10538
>
> or e-mail them to [log in to unmask] (mailto:[log in to unmask]).
>
> If responding by e-mail, kindly place the initials CIPQA somewhere in the
> subject line of your message (e.g. "CIPQA: My topic").
>
>
>
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> Robert A. Baron
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> http://www.pipeline.com/~rabaron/
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