Copyright in the Digicenter
Furman has already established itself as an institution concerned with maintaining copyright standards and law, and the center recognizes and upholds these standards. For detailed information, please download the Digicenter's copyright statement (PDF format).
Those interested in including digital objects in LUNA should know the copyright status of the media to be digitized. When necessary, the Digicenter can help determine copyright information to the best of our abilitiy. The majority of our work should be protected under fair use guidelines, as it is for educational purposes and will be made available only to the Furman Community (with rare exceptions). If a user is interested in contributing content to LUNA and is unsure if the media falls under fair use, a checklist from the University of Indiana may help.
When available, copyright and publisher information for each digital object will be included in its metadata. Additionally, a small, non-intrusive copyright state will be added to the bottom of each image that may be copyrighted.
Other Sources of Digital Objects
- ARTstor: Furman currently subscribes to ARTstor, an extensive online database containing more than 500,000 art-related images. The service allows downloads of several qualities at no additional fee.
- Flickr CC: The well-known image sharing website Flickr also contains a selection of member-submitted images that have been made available to users through a Creative Commons license.
- Flickr: The Commons: "The key goals of The Commons on Flickr are to firstly show you hidden treasures in the world's public photography archives, and secondly to show how your input and knowledge can help make these collections even richer."
- Wikimedia Commons: "Wikimedia Commons is a media file repository making available public domain and freely-licensed educational media content (images, sound and video clips) to everyone."
- Scholars Resource: Scholars Resource provides high quality images for a one-time download fee; payment of this fee allows complete copyright release for the buyer. In addition to single image downloads, this website also offers a limited number of art textbook image set supplements.
