museums & fair use

From: T C <tancle2003[_at_]yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 11:10:09 -0500

I'm trying to understand how copyright law actually works in litigation. My question is:  

If a museum exhibits something that infringes copyright, does it have a seperate fair use defense than the artist who made the work? Are the various "exclusive rights" considered seperately, or are all of the actions of different parties that may infringe  seperate rights ("copier" artist may infringe reproduction right; museum infringes display right) considered as one act of infringement?  

I've tried looking this up, but mostly I've only found legal information about image databases and gift shop merchandise (which I don't think are relevant).  

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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