At 09:46 AM 9/8/97 -0400, Richard Gerrard wrote:

>
>I think I can provide a partial answer.  Under the new revisions to
>Canadian Copyright law (1997) there are specific exemptions to
>infringement of copyright for museums, libraries and archives which do
>not require the changes to the fair dealing provisions of the Act, and
>which permit publication to support a plice investigation, plus a host
>of other collection management related activities.  The proviso being
>(and there always is one) that the object be in the institutions
>permanent collection.  The section of the act is quoted below can be
>found at,
>http://www.parl.gc.ca/bills/government/C-32/C-32_4/12472b-4E.html#23
>
Bravo for Canada -- at last.
After re-reading the US copyright fair use code, I am inclined to believe
that the duplication of copyrighted works in a database of stolen art may
well be regarded as a fair use: The code says copying "such as" for
education, is a fair use.  I think the "such as" may be broad enough to
encompass the stolen work problem. Thanks all for your ideas and conjectures.

Robert
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