Subject: Re: Photos Copyright & Commercial Usage From: William Schuette <wschuette9877@gmail.com> Message-ID: <2b9c0905-8c8e-211d-4c22-7d6d491810b1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 13:20:12 -0500
The Collections Committee is the one that asked for this information. I
am just the conduit through which they wish to pursue this issue to a
greater degree, after some questions came up at our Executive Committee
meeting a few days ago. I'm sure they will incorporate any further
information into the final policy.
Bill
On 5/18/2020 1:10 PM, Rebecca Dubey wrote:
> Bill,
> after consultation with the Wisconsin Historical Society last year, we
> at the Sauk County Historical Society are working through our
> Collections Committee to write and implement this aspect of our
> Collections Policy which will be updated in November, 2020. In short,
> we do not own copyrights, some of our collection is in Public Domain,
> some are privately copyrighted. Some of our requests for images are
> covered under Fair Use issues and that is the extent of our
> responsibility. We are not responsible for copyright issues because
> we do not have the staff that major museums have. Instead, we will be
> working on a release form that people will sign upon ordering their
> prints, stating that they understand the use of copyrighted materials
> is provided by the museum, but it is up to the person using the
> materials to obtain copyright information and permission to use. The
> Collections Committee will be working on this and will bring it up to
> the Board for approval once our work is completed. Our work is based
> on our parent organization, the Wisconsin Historical Society and
> specifically, the work of the Archival Division who oversees all
> permissions of this type.
>
> If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to call, or
> I can refer you to our Collections Committee
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 12:23 PM Dane County Historical Society
> <danecountyhistory@gmail.com <mailto:danecountyhistory@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> I will look into this and get back to you. Rick Bernstein, Office
> Manager
>
> Dane County Historical Society
> Lussier Family Heritage Center
> 3101 Lake Farm Road
> Madison, WI 53711
> ph: 608-224-3605
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>
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 11:35 AM William Schuette
> <wschuette9877@gmail.com <mailto:wschuette9877@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> How does your museum treat requests for images from your photo
> collection for commercial use, such as in books or other
> publications?
> And, how much do you charge for this type of usage? Is the charge
> different than for personal use requests? Does it depend upon
> how many
> commercial copies of the publication that are produced?
>
> Finally, does your museum feel that it owns the copyright to
> your photo
> collection? We have many images in our collection which were
> "loaned to
> copy" from individuals. These photos were digitally scanned,
> the scans
> accessioned and the photo returned to the owner. How do you
> treat that
> kind of transaction should someone request a copy?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Bill Schuette
>
> Sauk County Historical Society
>
>
>
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> Rebecca DuBey, Museum Curator
> Sauk County Historical Society
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