RE: [digital-copyright] Copyright in Anatomical Models?

["Steinhoff, Cindy" <cksteinhoff@xxxxxxxx>]

Ed, I can't address copyright as it applies to a model; however, a contract
might apply.  A few years ago, a faculty member wanted to create a short video
using a model owned by the biology department that she used in her on ground
classes.  The video would go in her online course within the college's
learning management system, protected by user name and password.  She took it
upon herself to contact the company from which the department purchased the
model to ask if this was acceptable.  They referred her to a contract that had
been signed when the model was purchased.  It stated that their models could
not be used in photographs or video for any purpose.

Cindy Steinhoff
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, MD



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-----Original Message-----
From: ESperr@xxxxxxx [mailto:ESperr@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, February 22, 2013 1:34 PM
To: digital-copyright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [digital-copyright] Copyright in Anatomical Models?

(apologies for cross-posting)

Greetings! I have a feeling that this has been asked before, so sorry if this
question seems <pun>derivative</pun>.

What protection does the creator of a three-dimensional work (in this case, an
anatomical model) have regarding two-dimensional photographs of that work?

To give some context, we have faculty that want to use such photographs of
anatomical models (models that they have already purchased) in the process of
teaching their course. Would such photographs be original works in themselves,
or derivative works of the original object? If the latter, how do I go about
conducting a fair-use analysis? [For example, I usually rely a lot upon
"extent", but I have no idea how that would apply in this case...]

Thanks!
Ed Sperr, M.L.I.S.
Copyright and Electronic Resources Officer St. George's University
esperr@xxxxxxx

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