Does physical ownership of items imply Intellectual Property rights?
Attending: James Keeline, BPOC; Jeff Doyle, Open Museum online; Michelle Boeckholt, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, USA
One of the issues that tends to limit digitization projects is whether the institution has sufficient rights to place images of items in their collection on the web.
VAGA -- aggressively representing a number of artists (ie RIAA MPAA) and contacting institutions to demand money due to infringements. Sent fee grid based on number of images posted and length of time $200-$300/image. Nelson-Atkins.org (search for George Segal).
Civil War photos
Do we need a legal defense group similar to what exists for Open Source Software.
Standard links for blocked images with information? VAGA doesn't like people linking to their site.
Lawrence Lessig