Mandau pommel representation?

[Mytribalworld]

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

Hello Arjan, thanks for the comments!

And thanks again for bringing up this important topic on copyrighted materials vis-a-vis their sharing publicly.

Setting aside the legalities for the moment, I think one other (and perhaps even more important) aspect is the test of good faith.

Long story short, all of the members in this forum when they cite info or post photos of others' works do so in good faith (that is, without any malice aforethought). Hence we all pass this aspect with flying colors

Back to the technical aspect, and this is just my understanding -- the sharing and use of copyrighted materials under the fair use concept may and usually involve their public broadcasting.

Kindly note please that the use of copyrighted materials under fair use is for "criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship".

Once again, this is just my own interpretation of the principle, as we've actually tackled this point in the past in this forum. Hence I took the time then to study the matter.

Vandoo, I think you hit the nail right in the head, once again

Of the four guidelines of fair use, I think the 4th criteria ("the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work") is the most important to the person whose work is being reproduced.

And precisely when portions of an author's work is posted in forums, talked about in blogs, passed along in Facebook, etc., then the potential market increases, and the value per se of the work rises.

So Vandoo, it's the author who should feel guilty if he or she gets free publicity and yet you and I don't get anything out of it

Some day I plan to write a book on Phil. weapons.

And I'd be the happiest person on earth if many people will post pics in forums from my book, or somebody will quote a block of text from the same, among other means of spreading the info that such a book actually exists and it was made by mister so and so

But that's just me, but I have a feeling that other would-be authors would share this sentiment.

Truly this is a very relevant topic, and I personally thank Arjan once again for bringing this up.

Best wishes to all ...

Hi Miquel,

The rigth answer in these cases will be anywhere in the mid I think. Copyrigth material is always a grey area and certainly in these modern times its getting at least "old Fashioned"

Of course I believe in the good trust of all forumities but realize also that write a book about a specific subject mostly cost money and slurps an enourmous lot of time.
Funny that just today a bill comes in here from our royal museum for the publication of just 4 photo's and that only cost me 180 euro.
I think the other museum that I contacted will als charge me also something for their pics.

I mostly not childish with sharing info but I don't think we speak about "fair share" if someone pays hunderds of euro's while other just copy and paste ( print)

On the other way its indeed impossible to discuss an object without sharing pics so I think when its a kind of limited use a writer wouldn't care.
But take care that we not list complete bookchapters online, it would temper the authors enthousiasme

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by mandaukudi

Hi Miquel,

The rigth answer in these cases will be anywhere in the mid I think. Copyrigth material is always a grey area and certainly in these modern times its getting at least "old Fashioned"

Of course I believe in the good trust of all forumities but realize also that write a book about a specific subject mostly cost money and slurps an enourmous lot of time.
Funny that just today a bill comes in here from our royal museum for the publication of just 4 photo's and that only cost me 180 euro.
I think the other museum that I contacted will als charge me also something for their pics.

I mostly not childish with sharing info but I don't think we speak about "fair share" if someone pays hunderds of euro's while other just copy and paste ( print)

On the other way its indeed impossible to discuss an object without sharing pics so I think when its a kind of limited use a writer wouldn't care.
But take care that we not list complete bookchapters online, it would temper the authors enthousiasme

Thanks for the comments, Arjan. And all of your points are well taken!

On another matter, me and my wife plan to go to Spain, perhaps around September. And we plan to visit the Leiden museum to check out the southeast Asian items there. Do they allow photographing of the display?

Also, would there be other Dutch museums aside from Leiden where a good collection of Philippine or Bornean and Indonesian artifacts can be seen?

Thanks in advance and best wishes!

[Mytribalworld]

Originally Posted by migueldiaz

Thanks for the comments, Arjan. And all of your points are well taken!

On another matter, me and my wife plan to go to Spain, perhaps around September. And we plan to visit the Leiden museum to check out the southeast Asian items there. Do they allow photographing of the display?

Also, would there be other Dutch museums aside from Leiden where a good collection of Philippine or Bornean and Indonesian artifacts can be seen?

Thanks in advance and best wishes!

I believe that you are free to take pics in the museum.

You should see the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam also , but keep in mind that both museums have only highlights in their permanent exebition.
certainly worth to see, but to give an "Mandau example" Leiden show 1 mandau in their permanent exebition and thats not even the most attractive one ( from around 1940 or so and a gift to Tom Harrisson)

The whole exebition however gives a good idea of the total ethnograhpical treasures in Indonesia.

For Phillippine stuff you will not find much, its better to visit the Spanish museums for that.

here the sites: www.tropenmuseum.nl
www.rmv.nl


another small but nice museum is Nusantara in the very nice City of Delft here the site http://www.nusantara-delft.nl/en

[Maurice]

Here a link to my online photo-album of the images I made in the Tropenmuseum some time ago....(not all that sharp, cause it is hard to take sharp pictures in a museum, with the lights and the glass).

http://picasaweb.google.nl/mbloebaum...fgl=true&pli=1#

Arjan is right, not much moro stuff to be seen! :-(
But all the museums mentioned are worth visiting!

Maurice

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by mandaukudi

You should see the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam also ... For Phillippine stuff you will not find much, its better to visit the Spanish museums for that. here the sites: www.tropenmuseum.nl www.rmv.nl ... another small but nice museum is Nusantara in the very nice City of Delft here the site http://www.nusantara-delft.nl/en

Arjan, many thanks once again! I appreciate it. Nusantara is closed at the moment according to their website ... hope it opens by Sept.

Originally Posted by Maurice

Here a link to my online photo-album of the images I made in the Tropenmuseum some time ago....(not all that sharp, cause it is hard to take sharp pictures in a museum, with the lights and the glass).

Maurice, many thanks also for the pics as well as for the comments

[Andrew]

My considered legal opinion is that the posting of photos and/or published works on this forum for non-commercial purposes is, indeed, "fair use". Credit for authorship, owner or copyright holder should be provided, of course, and reproduction of entire works is something to avoid.

Let's try not to get mired in legal discussions which are tangential to the topic at hand--ethnographic weapons.

Andrew

[David]

Thanks Andrew.