Re: Greetings, I also am not a lawyer

From: Charles E. Keller <keller[_at_]Ra.MsState.Edu>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 08:11:35 -0600 (CST)

For those interested in another example of "collectors rights" There are two articles in _Lynn's Stamp News_:

[1]

MAY 5, 1997 VOL. 70 ISSUE 3574 p. 1 and 10. By Rob Haeseller "Collector challenges use of photographs in, archives of the Philatelic Foundation"

[2]

SEPTEMBER 15, 1997 VOL. 70 ISSUE 3594 p. 1. By Michael Laurence "N.Y. regents rebuke Philatelic Foundation; Jerome S. Wagshal's position is vindicated"

[Brief excerpts]

The collector is Jerome S. Wagshal, a retired DOJ lawyer. The issue concerns the use of photo reproductions of rare U.S. stamps (ca. 1850) by rival collector W. Wilson Hulme II, who planned to use images of these stamps in an article. David W. Palmquist, head of the external services office of the New York State Museum was quoted as saying in a letter to the Foundation:

"Generally accepted museum practice holds that an owner of a rare, unique or original work must give permission for the publication of an image of that work."

Charles Keller (also a non-lawyer)

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``Why are laws made?'' said the friar. ``For the profit of somebody. Of whom? Of him who makes them first, and of others as it may happen. Was not I legislator in the last article, and shall I not thrive by my own law?''-- Friar Tuck concerning Maid Marian's name. Received on Tue Oct 28 1997 - 14:11:38 GMT