06-21-2006, 06:57 AM
Ceorana Posted on Jun 21 2006, 03:30 AM
Quote: With the statuatory formalities, a formality could be you let the government store one for the purpose of legal deposit. I don't think that full faith and credit would fly with different nations though.[/quote]
It might not, or it might. Some countries combine no-stat-requirement, copyright-at-birth provisions with better protections for formal copyright assertions. But I think faith and credit is certainly more workable than applying in each jurisdiction or having one gargantuan central office.
Quote: I am having qualms about the fair use clause being a bit small, you're right that it could cause problems with catalogues and stuff... I don't think it will be a problem though, if they're in a gallery, they can probably get permission.[/quote]
Unless it's from Michael Snow.
Combine this with the retained rights, who is to say that some pinko commie artist doesn't claim that merely putting a picture of their work in a catalogue doesn't automatically denegrate the work by making it a commodity? I also worked for a year at an art museum library, and believe me this is not a far-fetched example. One exhibitor's most famous portrait was an unflattering painting of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a literal butthead.
Quote: With the storing in an electronic system problem, I think it only bans the process of storing it, not having it stored, so it would be OK to have anything electronic stored, since it was already stored by the person who recorded it. [/quote]
Many CD-ROMs require some sort of system files to be installed on a host computer. All these would be illegal if mounted, and would be useless (except for pretty decorations) if left unmounted.
Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, I just have the misfortune of knowing first hand how troublesome copyright can be. I'm sure it will have a fair shake when it comes to the floor (I thought it was actually there, but had I paid more attention to the thread title, I would have realised it was just in the queue).
Quote: With the statuatory formalities, a formality could be you let the government store one for the purpose of legal deposit. I don't think that full faith and credit would fly with different nations though.[/quote]
It might not, or it might. Some countries combine no-stat-requirement, copyright-at-birth provisions with better protections for formal copyright assertions. But I think faith and credit is certainly more workable than applying in each jurisdiction or having one gargantuan central office.
Quote: I am having qualms about the fair use clause being a bit small, you're right that it could cause problems with catalogues and stuff... I don't think it will be a problem though, if they're in a gallery, they can probably get permission.[/quote]
Unless it's from Michael Snow.
Combine this with the retained rights, who is to say that some pinko commie artist doesn't claim that merely putting a picture of their work in a catalogue doesn't automatically denegrate the work by making it a commodity? I also worked for a year at an art museum library, and believe me this is not a far-fetched example. One exhibitor's most famous portrait was an unflattering painting of Prime Minister Brian Mulroney as a literal butthead.Quote: With the storing in an electronic system problem, I think it only bans the process of storing it, not having it stored, so it would be OK to have anything electronic stored, since it was already stored by the person who recorded it. [/quote]
Many CD-ROMs require some sort of system files to be installed on a host computer. All these would be illegal if mounted, and would be useless (except for pretty decorations) if left unmounted.
Again, I'm not trying to be difficult, I just have the misfortune of knowing first hand how troublesome copyright can be. I'm sure it will have a fair shake when it comes to the floor (I thought it was actually there, but had I paid more attention to the thread title, I would have realised it was just in the queue).