The use of Copyrighted work for inspiration could be a wiggly worm. The tern Derivative work pops right to mind. Not that it would be but if they just copy and make a image that is to close then you could have real issues. Randy S. Little http://reel.rslittle.com http://imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ http://www.linkedin.com/in/rslittle http://www.creativeheads.net/jsprofile.aspx?j=d5406b5d61&spi=0 On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Ashley Allen <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I work at the Utah Museum of Natural History. We are working on putting > together an updated, more comprehensive collections policy. We mostly need > to address requests from artists to photograph our collections, stored and > displayed, for "inspiration." Does anyone know a good place to look for a > reference for artists requests? How would/does your museum deal with this? > > Ashley Allen > Assistant Registrar > Utah Museum of Natural History > [log in to unmask] > ========================================================= 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).