[MCN-L] IP SIG: Fwd: Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC)

[Diane Zorich]

FYI -- a useful tool from those "can-do" folks at VRA....


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>Subject: Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC)
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>Dear Colleagues,
>
>At long last, the Digital Image Rights Computator (DIRC) has been 
>completed and is available on the VRA web site under "What's New". 
>The program is intended to assist the user in assessing the 
>intellectual property rights status of images of works of art, 
>designed objects or architectural works.  DIRC leads the user 
>through a series of query pages.  The end product is a color-coded 
>chart that indicates the status of the work based on the answers 
>given to the questions.  There is also a note that includes comments 
>on the intended use of the work.  DIRC has been vetted by legal 
>counsel.  Before using the program for the first time, you are urged 
>to read the Advisory Notice.
>
>I would like to thank Ben Kessler, Allan Kohl, Rebecca Anne Moss, 
>Maryly Snow, Chris Sundt, and Gretchen Wagner who, along with 
>myself, comprised the DIRC Working Group.  Special and heartfelt 
>thanks go to Allan who assumed the lion's share of the work.  Allan 
>also recruited Stacey Barnes who was the lead designer.
>
>Marlene
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>Marlene Gordon
>Visual Resources and Music Curator
>University of Michigan-Dearborn
>313-593-5463
>313-593-1902 (fax)
>mgordon at umich.edu
>VRA-IPR Committee, Chair
>VRA Newsletter, Editor
>www.vraweb.org


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