We need help to see if an idea we
are pursuing is ethical/legal and in use anywhere else.
As a university museum with art
holdings we are often requested to loan art out to campus offices. It
has been done in the past with sometimes disastrous results and right
now it is done in only special instances and rarely. You have all
heard the horror stories and I can personally add to them with my
experiences. An idea from an advisory committee might alleviate the
potential for harm to or loss of the art. We propose to have our
photographic office on campus take a digital picture of the item
requested and then have it printed at full scale or less depending on
the size of the original. It would be identified as a copy of an
original in the collections with all appropriate identification,
caveats and credits. It would not be for sale, only loaned for
decorative purposes. The copy would be produced at their expense and
it would eventually come back to the museum.
After consulting with our
university attorney for © compliance he and I decided to ask if
anyone else out there has done a similar thing or thought about it and
abandoned the idea. We are aware of the dates for transition to public
domain and other © and VARA issues but this might be a
unique situation. He is inquiring on his list serve too. Thank
you.
--
Albert Sperath, Director
University Museums
The University of Mississippi
PO Box 1848
University MS 38677-1848
662-915-7202
Fax 662-915 7035
University Avenue and Fifth Street
Oxford MS
www.olemiss.edu
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