This newsletter offers a "Case Study on Copyright Clearance" by the legal counsel for Corbis. It is actually a succinct summary of current copyright law, which would be helpful to anyone interested in a basic overview. Then he discusses implications arising from the increasing interest in using digital use.
For the record, I think Bill Gates was a genius to anticipate the business opportunity. From reading this, I surmise that Corbis is more interested in multimedia, music and photography than fine art. And I think that's good news for us.
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