[can-talk] another film collection based question

Thanks to all for the suggestions and helpful hints.  I was hoping
someone could come up with a 'get out of jail free card', but guess
i'll just have to go back to that old juggling act of not enough time,
resources or money.  The links were very useful as was a chance to
hear from people more experienced in this area than myself.

Thanks for your time and helping me out.

Cheers,

Bronwyn

On 1/21/08, DonnaB at ag.nsw.gov.au <DonnaB at ag.nsw.gov.au> wrote:
>
>
> Dear Bronwyn
>  It is best to contact the Australian Copyright Council and get some proper
> advice. Here at the AGNSW we have had to transfer film, video etc onto a
> different format - ie DVD because the original work was deteriorating - and
> we did this under the Libraries and archives provision of the Copyright Act
> for works that are unable to be shown in their original state due to damage,
> deterioration etc. So if you are an institution you can not rely on the
> private or domestic use exceptions. The educational use provision only
> relates to education institutions - ie schools, universities etc who pay a
> licence fee annually in order to copy anything for educational purposes. -
> Again this would not apply to your institution.
>
>  As for works copied from the television you will need to get permission to
> show these in the gallery space. If the work was acquired from an artist for
> instance there is usually a statement giving permission to show the work in
> a gallery space- which is a given really, and to copy or back up the work
> for conservation purposes.
>
>  So it is best to assess what you do have (which it seems you are doing) and
> then get expert advice.
>  cheers Donna
>
>  Donna Brett
>  Curatorial Projects + Research
>  Assistant Curator | Tim Johnson Exhibition
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