Re: Fair Use Question? Hits the nail on the head!

> Kevin Comerford disclosed some sound reasoning for collection controls.
> While I might lessen my characterizations of certain crowds, I agree
> with the premise of his response. I attended an annual meeting last
> year where two educators were showing off their multimedia program. As
> they were transversing the core of their program, I curiously informed
> them that a majority of the images were from my collection !!! "...only
> a prototype, and what would the use fees be, by the way???"

On the other hand, the stricter museums make access, the more likely it is that faculty will take poor quality images out of books. It just shows, not only that some people do sloppy work, but also that some people have such a hard time getting adequate quality without paying more than they can afford. Universities and museums are in the same boat financially, which was the point of my original comment. It's tough to get blood out of a stone or a turnip. Universities and museums have more to gain by sharing images that hoarding them.

And Mr. Comerford's comment about documentary copyright is fairly controversial, and outrageous, a comment that seems to have been ignored or overlooked. I would like him to elaborate on that.

Maryly Snow
UC Berkeley
<slides[_at_]ced.berkeley.edu> Received on Tue Mar 22 1994 - 22:37:53 GMT