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you are correct about the "closed to the class" or the campus part (not because of any aspect of the law but because it is low risk), and I would still suggest educating the participants in why this is so.  On the open web, however, is a redistribution.  If the artists have websites, any information about redistribution may be there, as you say, but US copyright law (and the fair use right) is for the protection of US creators and US publications/creations.  Each artist and work this class considers for use on a public website would have to be considered on its own, in a case by case basis.  The artists have the right to uphold the rights they have in their home countries.  I don't know how much this information on Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries%27_copyright_lengths can be trusted, but it is a start.  And if the class is working with contemporary artists, then I think one should assume the artist still holds exclusive rights to the display of their work.  Do others agree with this interpretation of how to handle non-US contemporary artists and their work?  I'd be interested to hear.

Thanks,

Janis

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Date:    Tue, 23 Apr 2019 17:22:10 +0000
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Subject: Copyright question

Hello Collective Wisdom,

A faculty member here has asked me about something and I thought I would throw it out there, since I can’t imagine I am the only one getting these kinds of questions.
Her class on Art and Politics in Africa is putting together an online exhibit, via a Wordpress site. The students are dealing mostly with contemporary artists, and I think I am right to advise that if the site is closed to all but the class, and maybe even to the college community, that permissions wouldn’t be needed.  And if an artist’s website has a statement about  use, that would tell her what she’d need to know about that artist. She also would like to know, however, how this would change were they to make it more open. I assume that this would absolutely require permissions to show images in the ‘exhibition’. Of course, contemporary art has been the fly in the ointment for a very long time..  I just wanted to check and see if there are any new workarounds-the fact that this is African art, as well as contemporary, feels like a lot of roadblocks would stand in the way of a timely solution!

I’d welcome any advice!
And thanks in advance.
Best,
Anne


Anne B. Haas
Art Librarian
Liaison to Art, Asian Studies, Theater/Dance
Bowdoin College
Brunswick, Maine 04011
207-725-3690