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IMAGING & LICENSING ORGANIZATIONS & INITIATIVES

ARTstor - an online digital image resource comprised of various image collections

Introduction to Imaging: Issues in Constructing an Image Database
A Getty publication written by Howard Besser and Jennifer Trant available online.

Besser, Howard & Robert Yamashita--"The Cost of Digital Image Distribution: The Social and Economic Implications of the Production, Distribution, and Usage of Image Data"
An economic study of the MESL project which examines costs involved in the distribution of a digital library of images and metadata.

ARS (Artists Rights Society) ARS manages the copyrights for many artists and artist's estates. They have a searchable database, instructions on how to obtain permission, and general copyright information.

VAGA (about) is the licensing agent for many American and foreign artists and estates. Contact VAGA at 350 5th Avenue, Suite 6305, NY, NY 10118. Phone: 212 736 6666; fax 212 736 6767 email info@vagarights.com

CARCC (Canadian Artists Representation Copyright Collective Inc), established in 1990, is a copyright collective that licenses and administers copyright for visual and media artists in Canada.