Re: AIS Copyrighted Material

[Capeiris <capeiris@aol.com>]

Jim:

   Isn't there somewhere in the copyright info from AIS that its alright to
use the material as long as AIS gets the credit and is so stated. Dave N.



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From: MORRISJE1 <MORRISJE1@aol.com>
To: aisdiscuss <aisdiscuss@aisboard.org>
Cc: vjohnson <vjohnson@howardandjohnsonlaw.com>
Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 11:53 am
Subject: [AISdiscuss] AIS Copyrighted Material


All,
The American Iris Society has much information and data that is
opyrighted.  We have recently sent a "cease and desist" letter from our
egal
ounsel to Longfield Gardens, LLC, Lakewood, NJ for unauthorized use of  AIS
opyrighted material with iris sales packages at a COSTCO in  California.
In addition, various members of AIS have received requests to use and
eproduce AIS copyrighted materials.  My questions to the Board are:   Who
hould be designated to give approval to use our materials?  Should we  have
n
nternal approval process or not?  I don't believe just "anyone" or  everyone
hould have such authority.  Should the approval point be the  President
nd Legal Counsel or the Public Relations Chairman?  Most of  you know that I
lready have plenty on my plate.  As an example I just  received a request
rom Missouri Botanical Garden where Jean and  I volunteer as follows:
Jim,
 plan on  uploading the iris images I have taken into the gardenbs (MOBOT)
atabase which will be accessible to the  public.  Each taxon has a field
o describe the plant.  I want to  propose to plant records that we put the
ris registry information in that  field.  First I would need permission to
se the AIS copyrighted  information from someone within the organization.
ho should I  contact?
ary
our opinions and quick feedback  would be appreciated.
Jim Morris
resident
merican Iris  Society
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