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IreadyourTreasuredSnapsfeature

(AP1 February)withmuchinterest.

I workat a smallmuseumwherewe

havea collectionof photographs

datingfromthelate1800stothe

presentday.Someareoriginalcopies

thathavebeencollectedbyor

donatedtothemuseum.Copiesof

somearealsoheldbyothermuseums

andgalleries.I havesomequestionson

wherethemuseumstandsoveruseof

thecopieswehold?

1. Is themuseumabletousethese
   photographsastheywishforsocial
   mediaandmarketingpurposes?
   2.Cancopiesfordisplaypurposesbe
   madeof thephotographs?
   3.Wouldwebeabletosellcopiesof
   thephotograph?


2. Whoholdsthecopyrighttothe
   photowhenmultiplecopiesexist?Can
   anorganisationclaimcopyrightif they
   onlyholda copyof a photograph
   wherea copyof thatsamephotograph
   is heldbyothers?I havealways
   believedthatthepersonwhoholds the
   negativeownsthecopyright.
   MichaelR Taylor

Thisis a bitofa minefieldsowe

askedMichaelPritchardfromthe

RoyalPhotographicSociety.

‘Thedateofthephotographandthe

dateofdeathofthephotographer

are key to what the museum may

dowithit.Thephotographmaybe:

• Stillin copyright(wherethe
  photographeris stillaliveor
  recentlydeceased).


• Consideredorphaned(wherethe
  photographeris unknownbutit is
  likelythatcopyrightmaystillreside
  withhimorher,ortheirestate).


• Outofcopyright(fortheoldest
  imageswherecopyrightwillhave
  reasonablyexpired,usually 70
  yearsfromthedeathofthe
  photographer).
  ‘Forphotographsoutofcopyright
  themuseummayusetheimagesas
  it wishes.Fororphanedworksthere
  is a formalprocessthemuseumcan
  usetomakeuseofthem,orit may
  choosetotakea pragmatic
  approachwhichcarriesa small
  elementofriskfroma potential
  claimant;andforphotographsthat
  remainin copyrightwhereit knows
  thephotographerit shouldagree
  termsofuseandputthisin writing.
  ‘AstoMrTaylor’sfinaltwopoints:


• Wherethemuseumis buying
  photographsdirectlyfroma
  photographerortheirestateit’s
  goodpracticetoagreea licencefor
  theirfutureuseandkeepthiswith
  themuseumaccessionrecord.


• Wheremultiplecopiesofa photo
  exist,thenif it is outofcopyright
  eachownercandoastheywishwith
  it.Ownershipofthenegative(or
  digitalfile)doesnot give ownership
  of copyright.’

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