Category: copyright
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ARTstor to add thousands of works by contemporary artists
Good news: ARTstor announced a new Online Art Agreement (OLA) has been signed with Artists Rights Society (ARS) on behalf of six international affiliates. This will translate into the addition of more than 10,000 modern and contemporary artists from Australia, Canada, Austria, Finland, Mexico and Brazil. No word yet on when this will happen, so…
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New Fair Use statement released
The Visual Resources Association has released a Statement on the Fair Use of Images in Teaching, Research, and Study. The statement recommends assertiveness on the part of the academic community, and awareness of the guidelines. It concludes that there are six uses of copyrighted still images that fall within the U.S. doctrine of fair use. …
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Assumptions about Fair Use
Inside Higher Ed has an interesting article today, called “Myths about Fair Use“. It does a great job of breaking down the myths in an easy-to-understand way.