PETER B. HIRTLE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OFFICER CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND THE LAW

4 Topics Professional unwillingness to push the legal envelope Inadvertent infringement: with no consequences New guidelines that adopt a more liberal approach to the law “Things that keep me up at night”  Privacy legislation  Traditional cultural expression (TCE) treaty  International jurisdiction issues

Curators respect copyright

IX. Law Archivists must uphold all federal, state, and local laws. II. Privacy Archivists protect the privacy rights of donors and individuals or groups who are the subject of records.

A repository should facilitate access to collections by providing reasonably priced reproduction services that are administered consistently in accordance with legal authority, including copyright law…. ALA/SAA Joint Statement on Access to Research Materials in Archives and Special Collections Libraries

“Sheriff & Deputies in Court, Los Angeles”

Accession Number: 1982:1712:0001 Maker: Unidentified Title: Woman and boy sitting in chair Date: ca Medium: color plate, screen (Autochrome) process Dimensions: Image: 7.3 x 6.6 cm Overall: 8.3 x 10.1 cm George Eastman House Collection