The following is a revised version of the Call for Papers on Copyright and
Fair Use for publication in VISUAL RESOURCES. It is being posted to
several listservs. Kindly excuse any duplication you may receive.
The three documents reproduced below are as follows:
1) The announcement.
2) Information for contributors
3) A description of the journal, Visual Resources
DOCUMENT ONE: The announcement:
REVISED REVISED REVISED REVISED REVISED
A CALL FOR PAPERS
to be published in a special issue of
V I S U A L R E S O U R C E S
An International Journal of Documentation,
Gordon and Breach Publishers.
Papers will discuss issues of
Fair Use & Copyright Protection
as pertaining to images and related intellectual property.
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Constituencies:
Papers are requested from individuals and institutions who
create, process, distribute, collect, reproduce, publish, own,
use, license and sell images for educational purposes in all
media. Artists, photographers, vendors, visual resource
curators, librarians, scholars and other authors, teachers and
students, museums and other object owners, exhibition and
commercial galleries, publishers, and image database
administrators are all invited to submit papers.
Subjects:
1. Individual and institutional observance of copyright
protection and the exercise of fair use privilege that arise
from their own working activities. Contributors are invited
to discuss how the concepts of Copyright and Fair Use have
affected their own past and current policies, procedures and
practices and how these might be expected to change in the
future.
2. Scholarly and analytical papers on Copyright and Fair Use of
images in legal, historical and social contexts.
3. Analysis, news, position statements, initiatives, programs
and organizations, bibliography and resources.
Instructions:
If the Information for Contributors document is not attached,
interested parties are urged to request a copy. "Information for
Contributors" explains the suggested topics in greater detail and
presents the methodology and form for submissions.
Send inquiries and requests to:
Robert A. Baron, Guest Editor, Visual Resources
Post Office Box 93, Larchmont, New York 10538-0093
[log in to unmask] Use Subject: VR REQUEST
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DOCUMENT TWO: Information for contributors
Fair Use and Copyright Protection,
a special issue of
Visual Resources.
Information for Contributors
Makers, users and owners of images created for educational pur-
poses maintain different attitudes regarding 1) their
responsibilities to adhere to copyright protection, 2) their
desire to enforce protections, and 3) their power to claim the
right of fair use of otherwise protected images. In addition,
there is considerable debate on how image users, creators and
owners will or will not be protected and served when images come
to be distributed, accessed, stored, researched and viewed on
digital networks.
This special issue of Visual Resources aims to examine these
questions from multiple points of view in three types of papers.
Papers are called for all three sections.
Types of Papers:
Section I. Reports from the constituencies.
Papers are requested from individuals and institutions who
create, process, distribute, collect, reproduce, publish,
own, use, license and sell images for educational purposes
in all media. Artists, photographers, vendors, visual
resource curators, librarians, scholars and other authors,
teachers and students, museums and other object owners,
exhibition and commercial galleries, publishers, and image
database administrators are all invited to submit papers.
Papers for Section I will address individual and institu-
tional observance of copyright protection and the exercise
of fair use privilege that arise from traditional working
activities. Contributors are encouraged to discuss how the
concepts of copyright and fair use have affected their own
past and current practices, procedures and policies and are
invited to speculate on how these practices might be
expected to change in the future.
See below for further details.
Section II. Image use considered within legal, historical and
social contexts.
1. Specialists in intellectual property law drawn from
within and without the domain of the museum, scholarly
and academic communities are invited to interpret image
copyright issues from their own perspectives by
reference to statute law, case law, or the history and
development of copyright protection. Discussions of
case histories are as welcome as theoretical and
philosophical papers.
2. Original scholarly articles on the intellectual,
social, legal and cultural history and significance of
image distribution systems such as may be applicable to
the question of fair use and copyright are invited.
Section III. Events, positions, policies and initiatives.
Analyses, news items, summaries and updates of the follow-
ing:
1. The work of professional organizations attempting to
produce position papers on the use of images by their
constituencies.
2. Organizations and projects exploring workable solutions
to the licensing and distribution of images.
3. Summaries and analyses of Government information policy
initiatives.
4. Annotated bibliographies and other resources.
Section I explained:
Representatives of the several constituencies that frame the
Copyright versus Fair Use debate are asked to write on how
copyright protections and fair use doctrine affect their working
procedures.
In these papers authors may discuss their own use, creation
and ownership of images from the following suggested stand-
points:
1. How they traditionally and currently rely on the pro-
tections of copyright to insure success of their ven-
tures, and compensation for their rights.
2. Under which conditions they feel obligated to relax the
need for compensation and/or protection for images.
3. Their needs and expectations that image resources be
made freely available to use and access.
4. Their ethical debt to copyright owners.
5. Copyright and Fair Use of images from the perspectives
of a) equitable rewards for ownership and creative
endeavor, b) rights and privileges for fair users,
c) current and future legal requirements, d) market-
place realities, and e) benefit to society.
Papers for Section I. are expected to draw from and explain real-
world practices. They are not necessarily expected to present
theoretical, legal or philosophical arguments (although they
may). Papers may discuss longstanding and current practices,
procedural guidelines and policies that have been expressly
designed to approach these issues. Discussions of copyright
issues for special projects, e.g. CD-ROMS, distance learning,
multi-media publishing and Internet distribution are particularly
welcome. In this light, contributors may wish to consider both
the resources that they use, the products they create and the
clients they serve.
While papers may be relatively short, about five to seven
standard double-spaced typewritten pages, longer papers are
equally welcome. Papers will be chosen that represent diverse
viewpoints and practices.
Submit abstracts of one or two pages or entire articles to
Robert A. Baron Voice: (914) 834-0233
Guest Editor, Visual Resources Fax: (914) 834-0284
Post Office Box 93
Larchmont, New York 10538-0093
E-mail: [log in to unmask] Use subject: VR PAPERS
Submissions should identify which constituency and topic is
discussed (re: Section I). Authors should identify their
name, position and institution (if any).
Format and miscellaneous:
Follow "Notes for Contributors" published on the inside rear
cover of Visual Resources. Articles are accepted on paper, and
in common MS-DOS and Mac formats, MS-DOS Nota Bene and XyWrite
preferred. E-mail submissions should be duplicated by copies on
disk in accordance with published submission guidelines. On
disk, please identify wordprocessor and version, platform, file
type and name. Whenever possible, provide both printed and elec-
tronic copies. Keep internal formatting to a minimum. Use end
notes only. When e-mailing, please use common abbreviations for
underlining and other effects. If you do not receive a personal
acknowledgement for an e-mail submission, assume it did not
arrive.
Due date:
Abstracts and proposals (earlier is better) November 30, 1995
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DOCUMENT THREE: A description of the journal, Visual Resources
Visual Resources
An International Journal of Documentation
(Last edition: Vol. X, No. 4. 1995)
EDITORS:
Helene E. Roberts
Art History Department
Dartmouth College
Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
Christine L. Sundt
Architecture and Allied Arts Library
University of Oregon, Lawrence Hall
Eugene, Oregon 97403
MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD:
David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics
Eleanor Fink, The Getty Art History Information Program
Fiorella Superbi Gioffredi, Fototeca Berenson
Dan Jones, Peabody Museum, Harvard University
Anne-Marie Logan, Yale Center for British Art
Jeanne Marty, University of North Carolina at Asherville
Claudio de Paolo, Fratelli Alinari
Rachel Stuhlman, George Eastman House
John Sunderland, Courtauld Institute of Art
AIMS AND SCOPE:
_Visual Resources--An International Journal of Documentation_ is devoted to
the study of images and their use. Those images which depict architecture
and works of art are of primary concern. the process by which these images
are made, organized and ultimately utilized is investigated. This journal
explores how visual language is structured and visual meaning communicated
and also illustrates how picture collections are acquired, organized,
indexed, and preserved. Its scope delves into the past and looks toward
the future. Included herein is an analysis of how reproductive images have
influenced the perception of art, and particularly art and architectural
history. _Visual Resources_ examines early attempts to document the
visual, reports on the state of visual resources, assesses the effect of
electronic technology on the future use of visual materials, and provides a
platform for the reporting of new ways to organize and access visual
information. It hopes to incite further experimentation and speculation
about the potential uses of visual materials, and to increase the
appreciation of visual documentation.
_Visual Resources_ is sponsored by The Visual Resources Association and is
published by Gordon and Breach Publishers.
_Visual Resources_ is indexed by _Art Index_, _ARTBibliographies_,
_Bibliographies of the History of Art_, and _Fotodok_.
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