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October 12, 2001
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NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: CINCINNATI
"New Strategies: New Contexts"
http://www.mcn.edu/mcn2001/27_ninch.html
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CIMI/Museum Computer Network Conference
Westin Cincinnati Hotel
Saturday October 27, 1-4pm
Free of Charge * Open to All
Registration Required: http://www.mcn.edu/2001conference.asp
or call 877.626.3800.
Copyright issues facing the museum community will be at the heart of
"NEW STRATEGIES: NEW CONTEXTS," the fifth in the 2001 series of NINCH
COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETINGS. The meeting is hosted by the Museum Computer
Network as part of its annual conference: "MCN/CIMI 2001 - Real Life:
Virtual Experiences."
The NINCH-MCN Copyright Town Meeting will be held in the Westin
Cincinnati Hotel on Saturday October 27, 1-4pm. The meeting is open
to all and is free of charge but registration is required.
Between them, six speakers will: outline the map of copyright
concerns for museums today; discuss recent changes in copyright law
and options for museums; and present two new sets of strategies for
distributing museum material online - the AMICO and ArtSTOR projects.
Featured speakers include:
* Amalyah Keshet, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
* Rina Pantalony, Intellectual Property Counsel, New York
* Suzanne Quigley, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
* James Shulman, Executive Director, ArtSTOR
* Jennifer Trant, Executive Director, Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
* Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Wisconsin at Madison
The NINCH Copyright Town Meetings seek to balance expert opinion and
audience participation on the basics of copyright law, the
implications of copyright online, recent changes in copyright law and
practice, and practical issues related to the networking of cultural
heritage materials. The program will include plenty of time for
audience questions, comments and discussion.
Register online at http://www.mcn.edu/2001conference.asp or call and
leave your name, organization and email address at 877.626.3800. If
you are not attending the MCN conference and register online,
complete your name, organization and email address, check the NINCH
Town Hall Meeting box and type "no payment required" under credit
card and expiration date. For questions, call 877.626.3800, or email
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
For information on all the NINCH 2001 Copyright Town meetings, see
http://www.ninch.org/copyright/townmeetings01/2001.html
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Agenda
The MCN meeting will focus on the recent changes to traditional
values in copyright and on what new strategies we might develop to
proactively protect the interests of this community and of the public
good.
The three-hour meeting will comprise three sections
I MAPPING THE LANDSCAPE
* Diane Zorich, Information Management Consultant
* David Green, Executive Director, NINCH
- "Introductions"
* Amalyah Keshet, Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management
The Israel Museum
* Suzanne Quigley, Head Registrar, Collections & Exhibitions
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
- "A Practical Cartography of Copyright"
As most museums do not have or cannot afford in-house legal counsel,
rights management and registration staff have had to assume the
responsibility for developing eminently practical ways to assist
their museums in this increasingly important area. We have had to
move beyond simply thinking about image rights clearance, or putting
images on the Web. Now we have to make new assessments of the
ownership of intellectual property, develop new agreements, and watch
for the possibilitites of copyright infringement. This all calls for
new and creative thinking. This joint presentation will
explore some ideas for solutions to the new problems.
>> Questions & Comments
II CHANGES IN COPYRIGHT LAW AND MUSEUMS' RESPONSE
* Siva Vaidhyanathan, University of Wisconsin at Madison
- "10 Things You Can Do to Save the Information Ecosystem"
Recent changes to law, technology, and cultural habits have
threatened to stifle the flow of culture and information in America.
This presentation presents some ways users, consumers, scholars,
teachers, and journalists can resist the trend toward total control
of content.
* Rina Pantalony, Intellectual Property Counsel, New York, (formerly
with the Canadian Heritage Information Network, Ottawa)
- "The Carrot v. The Stick: Can Copyright Be Used to Enhance Access
to On-Line Cultural Heritage Content"
Copyright, if used effectively, managed well and respected in
business arrangements encourages and enhances access to content on
the Internet. But with the advent of new technologies and the
emergence of a knowledge-based society, new ways of thinking may be
required in order to ensure that the Internet fosters the free-flow
of information. This presentation will focus on two examples arguing
that a greater respect for copyright protection would increase access
to digital content.
>> Questions & Comments
Ice Cream Break
III NEW STRATEGIES
* James Shulman, Executive Director, ArtSTOR
- "Intellectual Property: The ArtSTOR Approach"
This April, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation announced the creation of
ArtSTOR, a new independent not-for-profit organization that will
develop, "store," and distribute electronically digital images and
related scholarly materials for the study of art, architecture, and
other fields in the humanities. ArtSTOR's executive director will
discuss the organization's approach to the intellectual property
issues involved in archiving and distributing digital images.
* Jennifer Trant, Executive Director, AMICO
- "AMICO - Intellectual Property Issues & Solutions in Delivering a
Multimedia Library to Educational Institutions"
The Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO) is an innovative
collaboration, not seen before in museums, that shares, shapes and
standardizes museum multimedia and makes it available for
educational use. Since 1997, AMICO Members have been creating The
AMICO Library(TM), an integrated resource compiling the digital
documentation of their collections. In doing so, they have developed
practical, workable agreements around the use of a wide range of
intellectual property that balance the needs of museums, educational
users, artists and artists estates, and respect the many layers of
copyright inherent in a digital art resource.
>> Questions & Comments
>> OPEN FORUM
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Speakers
Amalyah Keshet
Since moving to Israel in 1977, Ms. Keshet has held several positions
at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem, including Curator of European Art.
As Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management, she is responsible
for transforming the department into the leading authority for
copyright licensing, media hosting services, and photographic
services and archiving in the museum field in Israel.
Rina Pantalony
After studying art history in Paris, Rina Elster Pantalony joined the
Canadian government as an analyst in copyright and arts policy. From
1997 to January 2001, Ms. Pantalony acted as Senior Policy Advisor to
the Canadian Heritage Information Network and in January 2001, she
was appointed I.P. advisor to a joint Internet venture launched by
the Tate Gallery, London and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She
has published and spoken extensively on intellectual property issues
affecting cultural heritage.
Suzanne Quigley
Suzanne Quigley is the Head Registrar, Collections & Exhibitions at the
Whitney Museum of American Art. Formerly, she was Head Registrar at the
Guggenheim Museum and at the Detroit Institute of Arts. At the Whitney she is
co-chair of the museum's technology task force. She has been the
chair of the AAM-RC taskforce, RARIN (Rights & Reproduction
Information Network) for four years and is also the chair of the RC
nominating committee.
James Shulman
In addition to assisting in the oversight of the Mellon Foundation's
endowment as the Foundation's financial and administrative officer,
James Shulman has served in research and program-related positions at
the Mellon Foundation since 1994. In April he was appointed executive
director of ArtSTOR. Shulman received both his BA and his PhD in
Renaissance Studies from Yale University.
Jennifer Trant
Since 1997, Jennifer has been Executive Director of the Art Museum
Image Consortium. Trained as an historian and art historian, she was
the first director of the Museum Educational Site Licensing Project
(MESL), an innovative project exploring the use of digital museum
documentation on university campuses, and participated in the Visual
Images Working Group of the Conference on Fair Use (CONFU). She was
Editor-in-Chief of Archives and Museum Informatics, from 1997 to 2000.
Siva Vaidhyanathan
A cultural historian and media scholar, Professor Vaidhyanathan is
the author of Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual
Property and How it Threatens Creativity (New York University Press,
2001). He is currently working on a book about Napster and the ways
we regulate our information ecosystem. Vaidhyanathan has written for
many periodicals, has testified at hearings held by the U.S.
Copyright office and has submitted amicus briefs in some high-profile
copyright cases.
Diane Zorich
Diane M. Zorich is an information management consultant for cultural
heritage organizations. She specializes in organizing and managing
cultural information, with an emphasis on providing and accessing
this information over digital networks. In 1999, she published
Introduction to Managing Digital Assets: Options for Cultural and
Educational Organizations (The J. Paul Getty Trust) and served as
project manager for A Museum Guide to Copyright and Trademark
(American Association of Museums).
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