R.A.R.I.N. HOMEPAGE

The Rights and Reproduction Information Network (RARIN) is a taskforce of the Registrars Committee - a Standing Professional Committee of the American Association of Museums.

At the 1997 AAM Annual Meeting - about 2 dozen members of the Registrars Committee gathered informally to exchange information on current issues revolving around rights and reproduction of museum materials. Among the stated issues facing the group were:

• the need for a source for current copyright information;
• the need for the creation of appropriate language to ensure that copyright can be transferred when photographs and other works of art, etc. are donated;
• the need for vehicles for maintaining control of museum images on the Internet;
• the need to be able to determine what rights the museum has or does not have;
• the need for a source for discovering what rights are in the public domain and those that are not;
• the need for a source for licensing information;
• the need to share licensing information among museum rights & repro services departments

It was determined that this site would attempt to help in these areas and to be a resource for researching copyright, intellectual property rights, and especially rights and reproduction services at museums.

Minutes of recent meetings (2002) (2003) (2004) (2005)

Survey, Samples & Shortcuts (includes 2003/4 RARIN Survey results)

Law & Legislation and commentary NEW info on Orphaned Works

Other Useful Online Websites

Related Listserves

Online Articles

Imaging & Licensing Organizations & Initiatives

Print Resources (bibliography)

RC homepage

credits

updated 14 april 2005

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