Crews, Kenneth D.; Brown, Melissa A. --- "Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing" [2011] ELECD 454; in Kur, Annette; Mizaras, Vytautas (eds), "The Structure of Intellectual Property Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011)

Book Title: The Structure of Intellectual Property Law

Editor(s): Kur, Annette; Mizaras, Vytautas

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781848448766

Section: Chapter 12

Section Title: Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing

Author(s): Crews, Kenneth D.; Brown, Melissa A.

Number of pages: 16

Extract:

12. Control of museum art images: the
reach and limits of copyright and
licensing*
Kenneth D. Crews** and Melissa A. Brown***

1. INTRODUCTION

Many museums and art libraries have undertaken major initiatives in
recent years to digitize their collections of artworks. Digital imaging capa-
bilities represent a significant development in the academic study of art,
and they enhance the availability of art images to the public at large. The
number of art images available online has expanded rapidly, and these
images are increasingly integral to the creation, study, and teaching of
art and art history.1 The possible uses of these images are likewise broad.
While many digitization efforts are geared primarily towards making art
images available for study ­ reflecting the centrality of art images for
scholarly work and the need to preserve and safeguard original works
­ digital art images can also serve as sources of enjoyment and creative
inspiration.2 Many of these uses, however, are potentially defined by



* Prepared for the Proceedings of the Annual Congress of the International
Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual
Property Vilnius, Lithuania, 13­16 September 2009. This chapter is a preliminary
study as part of a larger project funded by The Samuel H. Kress Foundation.
** Director, Copyright Advisory Office, Columbia University Lecturer in
Law, Columbia Law School. Contact: Columbia University, 535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA. Email: [e-mail], Telephone: + (212)
851-0757.
*** Scholarly Communications Librarian, New York University (previously,
Copyright Research Associate, Copyright ...