Re: copyright exceptions for museums

From: <akeshet[_at_]netvision.net.il>
Date: Mon, 5 May 97 16:07:02 PDT

On Fri, 2 May 1997, Lesley Ellen Harris <copyrtlaw[_at_]aol.com> wrote:
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> The amendments to the Canadian copyright law (Bill C-32) which received
> Royal Assent on April 25, 1997 contain exceptions for various interest
> groups. One group of exceptions is for libraries, archives and museums.
> I'm curious if a) other copyright statutes (in other countries) group
> museums with libraries and archives and b) if other copyright statutes
> have specific exceptions for museums. Thanks.

I'm not entirely sure about a) -- but a definite no to b). To the contrary, I have been repeatedly informed that the fact that we have a copyrighted work in our collection gives us no right to do anything with it other than to display it. (Do I understand correctly that in Canada even the display right is/was controlled by the artist?).

I would be most interested in knowing what the exceptions granted to museums in the ammendments to the Canadian law entail.

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amalyah keshet
head of visual resources / the israel museum, jerusalem e-mail: akeshet[_at_]netvision.net.il
date: 05/05/97
visit our web site at http://www.imj.org.il

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