For some of the legal issues visit the AAM Web site, www.aam-us.org, and see "Fair Use Articles" under "Hot Topics.". Also, see the link a few below the fair use one entitled "A Museum Guide to Copyright and Trademark." Hope this helps. Barry Szczesny AAM Government Affairs ******************************* Barry G. Szczesny, Esq. Government Affairs Counsel and Assistant Director Government and Public Affairs American Association of Museums 1575 Eye Street, NW Suite 400 Washington, DC 20005 202/289-9125 Phone 202/289-6578 Fax [log in to unmask] E-mail http://www.aam-us.org Website > -----Original Message----- > From: John Martinson [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:07 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Pros' and Cons' of collectionon the Internet or a webpage > > Dear Museum-Lers, > > I am interested in knowing any ideas or the pros and cons of having your > artifacts such as pictures of objects on the Internet. I wanted to do so. > Our Park is a nonprofit > organization that manages the state property and collection, and the > individual with > the State said "no." However, now they want me to speak at a meeting on > the > topic. > > To me the collection and artifacts are not just for showing and > exhibiting, > but > educational...and the value of research, discovering more about the topic > would open > if they are on the Internet. I did not imply to put the entire > collection/inventor on, but would like certain items as examples of early > Mormon furniture, Utah pottery, some of > the historic homes, etc. I know there are researchers who now are > researching our > pottery for MS papers' and reports. So this is a pro....making a > collection > more > accessible for research. > > For example, a negative factor is the concerns with copyright and people > on > the Web who might take items from the collection they find on the web and > use > them for their own > purpose. So it opens legalities and new issues. > > Help, help, OHHHH Help!!! Any ideas for conversation and a list of pros > and > cons > I could discuss at the meeting? > > Best, John Martinson, Curator, This Is The Place Heritage Park > > ========================================================= > Important Subscriber Information: > > The Museum-L FAQ file is located at > http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed > information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail > message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should > read "help" (without the quotes). > > If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to > [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read > "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).