Development of Creative Commons licenses

["Branko Collin" <collin AT xs4all.nl>]

On 24 Nov 2004, at 10:06, James Davis wrote:
> On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Hugh McGuire wrote:
> 
> > I have a license, copyright question: if I take a photograph of a
> > museum exhibit, (say dino bones at the smithsonian), can I put those
> > photos into the public domain?
> 
> It depends upon the rules you agreed to with the museum when you took
> the photographs. Many simply allow photographs for your own personal
> use, requiring a fee for more rights. Others allow more.

Which type of rights are we talking about? Does the museum own 
copyrights to the dino bone? Or do visitors agree to transfer all 
copyrights to the museum?

Also, what if a museum is owned by the US government? (Do such 
museums exist at all?)

I am asking, because in my country I have seen museums and archive 
make up rights, such as 'reproduction rights'.

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branko collin
collin AT xs4all.nl