Re: List

[aslihan akkar <aslihanakkar@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I'm joining the discusion from Germany. Copyright in US seems to be indeed a
little different than here. Regarding the question "Personality rights and
copyright" - depends on the context of the photo. When the photograph takes a
bunch of people demonstrating, than we cannot expect that each of these people
claim personality rights. If the photograph has taken a picture of one person,
than claiming personality rights is reasonable. This goes for all states. 
Greetings,Asli




--- On Wed, 7/8/09, Gordon, Sherry L <sherryg@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Gordon, Sherry L <sherryg@xxxxxxx>
Subject: List
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 6:59 PM

You should contact your university's general counsel.  Whether faculty
members own a copyright in a work depends on the facts, policy and
contractual obligations.  Some of the factors are whether the photos
were taken in the course of her employment, your university's policies
on intellectual property, and the faculty manual provision on IP
ownership.



Personality rights depend on state law.



Sherry Gordon

Washington State University





In response to :

Some staff members at Beeghly Library, Ohio Wesleyan University are
involved in a digitization project. We are planning on using photographs
that an OWU faculty member took in Japan and posting them online in
digital format...