Hi Perian Rather depends on what you mean by "internal use policies". Could you clarify?
If a work is in the public domain, it is no longer protected and anyone can reproduce it in any way they want, including cropping it, etc. Are you implying institutional policies that would override that? Are you thinking of reproductions in catalogs, or in marketing materials, or on social media, or on signage...? I can think of situations in which a curator might object to misleading manipulation of a public domain work from the collection, and in fact the role of our institutions is to preserve the integrity of the works in our collections, but in general cropping for graphic reasons would be considered just that: a design decision, and those tend to be taken during the editorial / design process by those involved: curators, editors, graphic designers. If a work is still protected by copyright and (in some countries) by moral rights, then cropping or manipulation would require the approval of the artist or copyright holder. That's not an "internal use" policy; let's call it best practice. There are artists who are fine with things like cropping; others are not. Amalyah Keshet Head of Image Resources & Copyright Management The Israel Museum, Jerusalem ________________________________________ From: mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> on behalf of Perian Sully <per...@emphatic.org> Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2016 01:53 To: Museum Computer Network Listserv Subject: [MCN-L] Internal image use policies Hi everyone: I'm looking for a few examples of internal use policies for images, especially for public domain or orphan works. Do you allow free cropping and editing by staff or do you require curatorial approval before each use? what kinds of materials have restrictions, if any? Thanks in advance, ~Perian _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to mcn-l, the listserv of the Museum Computer Network (http://www.mcn.edu) To post to this list, send messages to: mcn-l@mcn.edu To unsubscribe or change mcn-l delivery options visit: http://mcn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mcn-l The MCN-L archives can be found at: http://www.mail-archive.com/mcn-l@mcn.edu/
