Re: question regarding the DMCA

At 17:00 14/10/03 -0400, you wrote:

>I am the registrar of a small contemporary art museum that would like to put its collection on the web. Can anyone explain the DMCA and how it relates to museums that put their collections on the web? Many thanks, Amy
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>Amy Howell
>Museum Registrar
>Weatherspoon Art Museum
>Spring Garden & Tate Streets
>PO Box 21670
>Greensboro NC 27403
>336-256-1456
>336-334-5907 fax
>arhowell[_at_]uncg.edu

In addition to the combined wisdom of those on this list, the upcoming MCN 2003 conference in Las Vegas is an excellent venue for learning about IP issues that affect museums and discussing them with professionals in the field. The conference, "Balancing  Museum Technology and Transformation," will include several sessions on IP issues, and the IP Special Interest Group meeting is the place to raise questions and network with colleagues. More information below.

>For those interested in IP issues, the MCN 2003 conference has an interesting line-up of events. Complete schedule and on-line registration at: www.mcn.edu
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>On THURSDAY,November 6:
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>8:30AM -10:00AM - Session: Copyright Risk Assessment: You Can't Avoid It.
>Moderated by Rebecca Lachter (Autry Museum)
>Panelists: Rachel Davidman (Oakland Museum of California); David Sturtevant (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston); Scott Nacke (Seattle Art Museum)
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>Description: As museums move to make collections more accessible to the public over the internet, questions regarding copyright arise more persistently than ever. How can we pursue rights from copyright holders to display images for thousands of objects?
 How can we protect our own rights for the use of these images? Where do we draw the line between our mission for outreach, and our desire to protect our holdings? Using the ever-changing copyright laws as a guideline, each institution must develop reason able approaches and policies to facilitate this work. This panel will explore how these issues vary from one institution to the next and examine how three institutions have grappled with developing their approaches.
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>1:30PM - 3:00PM Session: Progress in Retreat: The Annual IP Update
>Moderated by Diane Zorich
>Panelists: Glenn Otis Brown (The Creative Commons); Robert W. Clarida (Leibowtiz & Latman); Tyler Ochoa (Santa Clara University School of Law)
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>Description: A number of landmark events in the area of intellectual property have occurred over the past year which have important implications for cultural institutions. This year's annual IP update session will highlight some of the most critical even
ts and opportunities that have surfaced during this
>time, particularly: Eldred v. Ashcroft, the Supreme Court case that ruled in favor of the latest copyright term extension act; the Creative Commons, a new effort to work around some of the limitations created by copyright term extension by helping people
/institutions dedicate their creative works to the public domain or retain their copyright but license their works for free uses under certain conditions; and what is colloquially referred to as the "Barbara Kruger" case, which pitted artistic expression against the right to privacy and has implications for copyright and the First Amendment.
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>On FRIDAY, November 7
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>12:00PM - 1:30PM IP SIG Box Lunch Meeting
>Join colleagues interested in IP issues and technology for a informal lunch to discuss latest issues, share pragmatic and philosophical ideas, develop session topics and plans for the next year. Open to all conference registrants.
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>On SATURDAY, November 8
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>9:00AM - 12:00PM -- Workshop: Developing IP Policies for Museums
>Instructor: Diane Zorich
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>Description: This workshop will teach participants how to plan, develop and write an IP policy for their museum. Participants will learn:
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>What is a policy?
>Why is IP policy important for museums?
>How to develop an IP policy: Getting started; Gathering necessary information; Analyzing information; Making decisions; Writing the policy; Adopting and implementing the policy
>The Elements of IP Policies: Standard elements (statements of purpose, administrative oversight, etc.) ; Elements pertinent for museums (ownership, respect for third party IP, etc.)
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>Participants will also compare and contrast existing museum and university IP policies to examine the philosophical and practical choices individual institutions make in crafting their policies.

The Museum Computer Network is pleased to announce that cyberspace visionary Charles Nesson will be the keynote speaker at its 31st annual conference, in Las Vegas, November 5 - 8, 2003. A leading expert in cyberlaw and the impact of the Internet on Soci ety, Prof. Nesson is a probing thinker and brilliant speaker. He will address the museum community for the first time and set the tone for this conference, "MCN 2003: Balancing Museum Technology and Transformation." Nesson's keynote will undoubtedly cha llenge existing notions, stimulate new thinking, and provoke transformation in the way museum professionals approach technological opportunities in the future. (Complete conference information and on-line registration at http://www.mcn.edu/Mcn2003/index .html )

Charles Nesson is William F. Weld Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Co-Director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society http://cyber.law.harvard.edu. Professor Nesson has participated in cases of national interest throughout his career. He was an organizer of the Lawyer's Military Defense Committee, which provided counsel to servicemen during the Vietnam War, and was counsel in prominent cases related to the war, including United States v. Ellsberg (the Pentagon Papers case). Most rece ntly, Prof. Nesson played an important role in Eldred v. Ashcroft, the Supreme Court challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.

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echnology over the last decades, we are the vanguard. www.mcn.edu
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