Re: archive photos/university v. faculty

Subject: Re: Re: archive photos/university v. faculty

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: : last may i photographed antique documents in an overseas archive while i was on a university-sponsored research trip. i returned to the university and created a cd-rom of these documents. now the university wants to share copyright. : : 1. do i have to share copyright with my employing institution, since the cd-rom wasn't "for hire;" rather it was on my own--for my use and any other scholar (but i scanned the manuscript images using univ. equipment and laboratory); : : 2. do i have to worry about international copyright issues? i got a verbal o.k. from the director of the archive to make the photographs (the original authors are dead), but i'm wondering if i even have a "right" to copyright the cd-rom of manuscript images. : : lynn : Dear Lynn, : There is the law and there is reality. The law has to be used in a realistic way also. There are many factors that have to be considered by you in privacy where the world can't see. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : America On line Instant Messenger screen name artauslander : ELAINE'S Workshop(sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive(sm)

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