This may be an contractual issue. What agreements did the interviewees sign?
On Thu, Aug 27, 2020, 6:47 PM Judy Weidman via Hasafran < hasafran@lists.osu.edu> wrote: > A collection of oral histories recorded in the 1970s of members of our > congregation was posted on our website (with permission). An individual > with distant connections to the congregation has taken an interest in the > interviews, and has asked to publish poems that "embellish or change the > words" of the subjects. My response was permission must be obtained from > the interviewees and./or surviving family members, which I thought was a > no-brainer. I am up against some resistance from my superiors suggesting > she should have free access to (which she obviously does) and ability to > use for her purposes freely. > I am quite concerned, and would like some advice about how to present this > issue about copyright, at the very least, not to mention ethical issues. > Any help would be appreciated. Judy Weidman, Congregation Beth Israel, > Houston. > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > Hasafran@lists.osu.edu > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran >
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