Re: Digitizing art slides?

On 04/21/99, Dick Perrin <perrinr[_at_]lib01.ferris.edu> wrote:
>
> We have a faculty member who wants to digitize the art slides that
> he has been showing in his class for several years. After they have
> been digitized, he want to mount the images on his WebCT site for
> his students to access in their studies.
>
> What procedures must he follow to comply with current copyright
> laws. He feels that this is a fair use of course.

This is pretty basic. Who owns copyright to the slides? Permission must be obtained from the copyright holder to distribute the slides for his class on the Web (all the conditions being given in the request for permission -- such as password-protected site, length of time shown on the Web, etc.)

If these rights were cleared when he began using the slides in class, the faculty member would not have to clear them again, however.

Carline Haga
Director, International Thomson Global RIghts Group <carline.haga[_at_]thomson.com> Received on Thu Apr 22 1999 - 14:40:29 GMT