Message-Id: <mailto:199509241441.JAA16325@library.wustl.edu> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 10:38:09 -0400 From: "Robert A. Baron" <mailto:rabaron@PIPELINE.COM> Subject: CALL for PAPERS: Copyright, Fair Use and Images To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB
The following is a revised version of the Call for Papers on Copyright and Fair Use for publication in VISUAL RESOURCES. It is being posted to several listservs. Kindly excuse any duplication you may receive.The three documents reproduced below are as follows:
1) The announcement. 2) Information for contributors 3) A description of the journal, Visual Resources
DOCUMENT ONE: The announcement:
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A CALL FOR PAPERS
to be published in a special issue of
V I S U A L R E S O U R C E S
An International Journal of Documentation, Gordon and Breach Publishers.
Papers will discuss issues of
Fair Use & Copyright Protection
as pertaining to images and related intellectual property.
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Constituencies: Papers are requested from individuals and institutions who create, process, distribute, collect, reproduce, publish, own, use, license and sell images for educational purposes in all media. Artists, photographers, vendors, visual resource curators, librarians, scholars and other authors, teachers and students, museums and other object owners, exhibition and commercial galleries, publishers, and image database administrators are all invited to submit papers.
Subjects: 1. Individual and institutional observance of copyright protection and the exercise of fair use privilege that arise from their own working activities. Contributors are invited to discuss how the concepts of Copyright and Fair Use have affected their own past and current policies, procedures and practices and how these might be expected to change in the future. 2. Scholarly and analytical papers on Copyright and Fair Use of images in legal, historical and social contexts. 3. Analysis, news, position statements, initiatives, programs and organizations, bibliography and resources.
Instructions: If the Information for Contributors document is not attached, interested parties are urged to request a copy. "Information for Contributors" explains the suggested topics in greater detail and presents the methodology and form for submissions.
Send inquiries and requests to: Robert A. Baron, Guest Editor, Visual Resources Post Office Box 93, Larchmont, New York 10538-0093 mailto:rabaron@pipeline.com Use Subject: VR REQUEST
˙˙˙ DOCUMENT TWO: Information for contributors
Fair Use and Copyright Protection,
a special issue of
Visual Resources.
Information for Contributors
Makers, users and owners of images created for educational pur- poses maintain different attitudes regarding 1) their responsibilities to adhere to copyright protection, 2) their desire to enforce protections, and 3) their power to claim the right of fair use of otherwise protected images. In addition, there is considerable debate on how image users, creators and owners will or will not be protected and served when images come to be distributed, accessed, stored, researched and viewed on digital networks.
This special issue of Visual Resources aims to examine these questions from multiple points of view in three types of papers. Papers are called for all three sections.
Types of Papers:
Section I. Reports from the constituencies.
Papers are requested from individuals and institutions who create, process, distribute, collect, reproduce, publish, own, use, license and sell images for educational purposes in all media. Artists, photographers, vendors, visual resource curators, librarians, scholars and other authors, teachers and students, museums and other object owners, exhibition and commercial galleries, publishers, and image database administrators are all invited to submit papers.
Papers for Section I will address individual and institu- tional observance of copyright protection and the exercise of fair use privilege that arise from traditional working activities. Contributors are encouraged to discuss how the concepts of copyright and fair use have affected their own past and current practices, procedures and policies and are invited to speculate on how these practices might be expected to change in the future.
See below for further details.
Section II. Image use considered within legal, historical and social contexts.
1. Specialists in intellectual property law drawn from within and without the domain of the museum, scholarly and academic communities are invited to interpret image copyright issues from their own perspectives by reference to statute law, case law, or the history and development of copyright protection. Discussions of case histories are as welcome as theoretical and philosophical papers.
2. Original scholarly articles on the intellectual, social, legal and cultural history and significance of image distribution systems such as may be applicable to the question of fair use and copyright are invited.
Section III. Events, positions, policies and initiatives.
Analyses, news items, summaries and updates of the follow- ing:
1. The work of professional organizations attempting to produce position papers on the use of images by their constituencies.
2. Organizations and projects exploring workable solutions to the licensing and distribution of images.
3. Summaries and analyses of Government information policy initiatives.
4. Annotated bibliographies and other resources.
Section I explained:
Representatives of the several constituencies that frame the Copyright versus Fair Use debate are asked to write on how copyright protections and fair use doctrine affect their working procedures.
In these papers authors may discuss their own use, creation and ownership of images from the following suggested stand- points:
1. How they traditionally and currently rely on the pro- tections of copyright to insure success of their ven- tures, and compensation for their rights.
2. Under which conditions they feel obligated to relax the need for compensation and/or protection for images.
3. Their needs and expectations that image resources be made freely available to use and access.
4. Their ethical debt to copyright owners.
5. Copyright and Fair Use of images from the perspectives of a) equitable rewards for ownership and creative endeavor, b) rights and privileges for fair users, c) current and future legal requirements, d) market- place realities, and e) benefit to society.
Papers for Section I. are expected to draw from and explain real- world practices. They are not necessarily expected to present theoretical, legal or philosophical arguments (although they may). Papers may discuss longstanding and current practices, procedural guidelines and policies that have been expressly designed to approach these issues. Discussions of copyright issues for special projects, e.g. CD-ROMS, distance learning, multi-media publishing and Internet distribution are particularly welcome. In this light, contributors may wish to consider both the resources that they use, the products they create and the clients they serve.
While papers may be relatively short, about five to seven standard double-spaced typewritten pages, longer papers are equally welcome. Papers will be chosen that represent diverse viewpoints and practices.
Submit abstracts of one or two pages or entire articles to
Robert A. Baron Voice: (914) 834-0233 Guest Editor, Visual Resources Fax: (914) 834-0284 Post Office Box 93 Larchmont, New York 10538-0093
E-mail: mailto:rabaron@pipeline.com Use subject: VR PAPERS
Submissions should identify which constituency and topic is discussed (re: Section I). Authors should identify their name, position and institution (if any).
Format and miscellaneous:
Follow "Notes for Contributors" published on the inside rear cover of Visual Resources. Articles are accepted on paper, and in common MS-DOS and Mac formats, MS-DOS Nota Bene and XyWrite preferred. E-mail submissions should be duplicated by copies on disk in accordance with published submission guidelines. On disk, please identify wordprocessor and version, platform, file type and name. Whenever possible, provide both printed and elec- tronic copies. Keep internal formatting to a minimum. Use end notes only. When e-mailing, please use common abbreviations for underlining and other effects. If you do not receive a personal acknowledgement for an e-mail submission, assume it did not arrive.
Due date:
Abstracts and proposals (earlier is better) November 30, 1995
˙˙˙ DOCUMENT THREE: A description of the journal, Visual Resources
Visual Resources An International Journal of Documentation (Last edition: Vol. X, No. 4. 1995)
EDITORS: Helene E. Roberts Art History Department Dartmouth College Hanover, New Hampshire 03755
Christine L. Sundt Architecture and Allied Arts Library University of Oregon, Lawrence Hall Eugene, Oregon 97403
MEMBERS OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD: David Bearman, Archives and Museum Informatics Eleanor Fink, The Getty Art History Information Program Fiorella Superbi Gioffredi, Fototeca Berenson Dan Jones, Peabody Museum, Harvard University Anne-Marie Logan, Yale Center for British Art Jeanne Marty, University of North Carolina at Asherville Claudio de Paolo, Fratelli Alinari Rachel Stuhlman, George Eastman House John Sunderland, Courtauld Institute of Art
AIMS AND SCOPE: _Visual Resources--An International Journal of Documentation_ is devoted to the study of images and their use. Those images which depict architecture and works of art are of primary concern. the process by which these images are made, organized and ultimately utilized is investigated. This journal explores how visual language is structured and visual meaning communicated and also illustrates how picture collections are acquired, organized, indexed, and preserved. Its scope delves into the past and looks toward the future. Included herein is an analysis of how reproductive images have influenced the perception of art, and particularly art and architectural history. _Visual Resources_ examines early attempts to document the visual, reports on the state of visual resources, assesses the effect of electronic technology on the future use of visual materials, and provides a platform for the reporting of new ways to organize and access visual information. It hopes to incite further experimentation and speculation about the potential uses of visual materials, and to increase the appreciation of visual documentation.
_Visual Resources_ is sponsored by The Visual Resources Association and is published by Gordon and Breach Publishers.
_Visual Resources_ is indexed by _Art Index_, _ARTBibliographies_, _Bibliographies of the History of Art_, and _Fotodok_.
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