[OpenGLAM] FW: [MCN-L] Different Copyrights / Different Image Resolutions

[Diane Peters]

Hi Michael,

You may find this relatively new FAQ on how CC licenses operate in the
hi-res/lo-res context of interest.

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/FAQ#Can_I_apply_a_CC_license_to_low-resolution_copies_of_a_licensed_work_and_reserve_more_rights_in_high-resolution_copies.3F

Diane


On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Edson, Michael <EDSONM at si.edu> wrote:

> Cross-post from the Museum Computer Network listserv.
>
> Kate Blanch of the Walters (cc'd on this message) asks a good question
> about practices regarding licensing and © for the same source file
> provided to users at different resolutions.
>
> (I strongly feel that the Open Glam Principles should provide guidance and
> leadership on this issue, e.g., we should discourage the practice of
> giving away the low-resolution/low-quality files and enclosing
> bigger/better ones. I'm happy to digress on why, ad nauseam ;)
>
>
>
> On 3/12/14 10:58 AM, "Kate Blanch" <kblanch at thewalters.org> wrote:
>
> >Hello MCN,
> >This may be a rather dense question regarding copyright law...but as it's
> >outside my area of expertise I figured this community could provide a
> >great reference point. My own research is not turning up an good
> >answers/examples either!
> >
> >Do any institutions assign different copyright statements to derivatives
> >of the same image, depending on that image's resolution?
> >
> >Take for example, a photo of a Greek urn in a museum collection. Would it
> >be common practice for a high-resolution TIFF of this photo to bear a
> >"(c)Museum Institution, 2014" statement, while a medium-resolution JPG of
> >the same photo would bear a "(c) Creative Commons License"?
> >
> >Does this scenario fit within basic copyright law or guidelines?
> >If anyone is differentiating copyright statements based on image
> >resolution, do you have this policy written/documented in a shareable way?
> >
> >Thanks for any feedback you might have!
> >
> >
> >Kate Blanch
> >Administrator, Museum Databases
> >kblanch at thewalters.org / 410.547.9000 ext. 266
> >
> >The Walters Art Museum
> >600 N. Charles Street, Baltimore MD 21201
> >www.thewalters.org<
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