Images
Rights and Reproductions
Requests for digital images of artworks in the museum’s collection should be directed to the office of the Registrar/Collections Manager. All requests must be made in writing (email accepted), and agreement to provide image files is granted at the sole discretion of the Beach Museum of Art. Please allow 2-4 weeks for your request to be processed. Additional time may be required if the work requires new photography. The museum can provide digital files sent to the user through a file sharing service for quick delivery. Other arrangements may be available upon request. All reproduction requests are reviewed for approval. If approval is granted, an agreement outlining the terms and conditions of use will be provided along with the image files.
The Museum, though it owns the artworks in its collection, does not necessarily own the copyrights of the artworks. If the museum does not hold the copyright for the artwork in the image requested, it is the responsibility of the requestor to determine whether their proposed use falls under the law’s allowance for fair use or requires him or her to obtain copyright permission.
Fair Use: The fair use of a copyrighted work, including (but not limited to) such use by reproduction, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use, the factors to be considered include:
- the purpose and character of the use
- the nature of the copyrighted work
- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole
Public Domain: A work considered to be in the public domain is a creative work that is not protected by copyright and may be freely used by everyone. The reasons that the work may not be protected may include: (1) the term of copyright for the work has expired; (2) the author failed to satisfy statutory formalities to perfect the copyright; or (3) the work is a work of the U.S. government. All works published in the United States prior to 1923 are in the public domain.
Some helpful resources for Copyright and Fair Use:
United States Copyright Office:
Fair Use for the Visual Arts http://www.cmsimpact.org/fair-use/best-practices/fair-use-visual-arts
Image Request Information
To request images please email beachart@ksu.edu
- Name and contact information
- A brief description of the intended use of the images
- JPEG or TIFF files?
- Object number, title of artwork, and artist for each image request