Recently, the Head of Rights and Reproductions and myself at the Whitney
Museum have been wrestling with the idea of non-permanent collection pieces
and their image use on TMS. Our questions have been many and answers few.
 
I know that with many Rights and Reproduction agreements, it most certainly
covers Web use; but should it, or does it, cover the amount of time an image
can safely and legally stay on an institutional server? Say, for example a
piece that is not owned by the museum, is used for an exhibition and is
cataloged in TMS with a snapshot.   After the show closes and goes away, is
the clock ticking on how long this image (just the image) can be viewable?
 
Larry Giacoletti
Registration Department
Whitney Museum of American Art
(212) 570-3661
(212) 570-3681 fax
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