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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Gerry served on Benetech’s board of directors for 29 years, always there for advice and tackling the next big opportunity. Gerry quickly did the legal research and came back to explain that my idea, which seemed like it should be illegal, was 100% permitted under an obscure provision of the copyright law!

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Guest Post: Collections Access - Open the Door Wider

Museum 2.0

Unfortunately,” that subscriber advised, there are no legal avenues to stop visitors from photographing objects or images in the public domain in public spaces where photography is allowed. Copyright infringements: A large portion of historical collections are in the public domain. guestpost institutional change'