Re: R.M.S. Titanic

On 98-03-26, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
>
> I suspect that the case is not so much with regard to an intellectual
> property right as it is to physical access; i.e., RMST's "exclusive
> right to photograph Titanic" may be akin to a museum's exclusive right
> to photograph its holdings.

What statute or case law says a museum (particularly a public one, as most probably are) has exclusive rights to photograph its holdings??

Robert Panzer
Executive Director
VAGA
Visual Artists and Galleries Association bigbusie[_at_]aol.com or rpanzer.vaga.erols.com Received on Fri Mar 27 1998 - 06:05:40 GMT