Category: Cultural Heritage Law
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SCuLE Launches the GLAM-E Lab
This project works with smaller and less well-resourced UK and US cultural institutions and community organisations to build open access capacity and expertise. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Dr. Andrea Wallace, Dr. Mathilde Pavis and Gary Stringer (Exeter) in partnership with Michael Weinberg (Engelberg Center) and Jason Schultz (NYU Law School) The Lab Participants include the Royal Albert…
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Dr Mathilde Pavis Responds to the UK Intellectual Property Office on AI and Performers’ Rights
Dr Mathilde Pavis published a Response to the call for views on Artificial Intelligence and Intellectual Property issued by the UK Intellectual Property Office in September 2020. The aim of the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK IPO) is to assess the impact of artificial Intelligence technologies on existing intellectual property rights. The UK Intellectual Property…
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SCuLE’s Response to the EC consultation on digital technologies for the culture heritage sector
The Centre for Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter published a Response to the Consultation on Digital Cultural Heritage and Recommendation 2011/711/EU launched by the European Commission. The Commission’s aim is to ensure that the 2011 Recommendation on the digitisation and online accessibility of cultural material and digital preservation still addresses the challenges posed…
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SCuLE’s Response to the EMRIP Report on Repatriation of Ceremonial Objects and human remains
The Centre for Science, Culture and the Law at Exeter published a Response for the EMRIP Report on repatriation of ceremonial objects and human remains under the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The report was submitted in response to the call by the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous People.…
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IP and Living Works with National Galleries of Scotland
The ‘IP and Living Works’ project will co-develop with National Galleries of Scotland best practice guidelines that clarify the IP issues at stake during the commission, acquisition and collection of ‘living works’ in the UK GLAM sector. Project Description IP and Living Works: Implementing Best Practice Guidelines for Collecting Performance Art and Time Based Media…
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Who Owns Outsider Art?
Within the art world, creations by artists with mental health conditions or disabilities have developed into a well-established art movement known as Outsider Art, for which the public appetite grows steadily each year. But who gets to decide whether an artwork is displayed to the public or kept within the confines of medical confidentiality? What…
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SCuLE Researchers Published a Response to the 2018 Sarr-Savoy Report
SCuLE researchers Dr Mathilde Pavis and Dr Andrea Wallace published a Statement on Intellectual Property Rights and Open Access relevant to the digitization and restitution of African Cultural Heritage and associated materials in response to the 2018 Sarr-Savoy Report. The Sarr-Savoy Report was commissioned by the French government and outlines a plan for the restitution…