1.6.2008

Scanning a picture and uploading it onto a website involves both a reproduction and communication to the public of the copyright material. You will generally need permission from the copyright owner to do this, unless copyright has expired.

 

If the works were acquired in electronic form (for example, articles in electronic journals) then you can make them available online within the premises of the gallery, provided that users cannot make an electronic reproduction or communicate the works using equipment in the gallery.

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1.6.2008

The owner of a collection that is accessible to the public can copy certain material from the collection for students and researchers, provided certain requirements are met.

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1.6.2008

The owner of a collection that is accessible to the public can copy certain material in the collection and provide it to another collecting institution for inclusion in its collection, or for it to supply to a student or researcher.

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1.6.2008

A photograph of a painting may be protected by copyright provided it is “original”. Whether or not a work is original depends on the level of the photographer’s “skill and labour” in taking the photograph. A photograph which is merely an exact reproduction of a painting may not be sufficiently “original” to be protected by copyright.

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