Did anyone respond to this question? I am interested in the digitized
image database copyright question. If we produce a digitized image
(digitized photograph) of all our faculty, staff, and students and
store these images in a database for multiple uses, are there any
copyright implications or possible infractions.
Cindy Hall
<cindy_hall1[_at_]library.lib.ncsu.edu>
> Date: 11/18/94 5:26 PM
> To: Cindy Hall
> From: cni-copyright[_at_]cni.org
>
> Recently our University implemented a universal ID card w/ magnetic
> stripes. One stripe is encoded w/ the individual's Social Security
> Number (SSN). The other will be used for future projects.
>
> One of the projects planned is to build up a video image library of
> the card holders, storing them digitally on the special card-processing
> computer system. Suggested uses of these images include: 1) access to
> computer labs and/or computer accounts; 2) linking faces w/ names before
> or after a big meeting.
>
> In the first case the card itself is the primary identification. Access
> would usually be obtained through a card reader, thus eliminating staff
> interaction. However, in situations where a card is not operating with
> the reader properly, or the person has left the card at home, an operator
> could verify the SSN and the face match before they give someone access
> to an account.
>
> In the second case, faculty might find it helpful to match names and
> faces in their classes. The suggestion has been made that the video
> image directory could be accessed on the University's Web.
>
> My question: who owns the copyright to the images? Since they're not
> "fixed" until the University digitizes and stores them, do they belong
> to the University? It seems against common sense that one doesn't own
> the copyright to one's face, but that seems the implication. I a
> release of some kind in order?
>
> Don Zier
> <don_zier[_at_]macgate.csuchico.edu>
Received on Fri Dec 09 1994 - 00:02:01 GMT