RE: AIS Copyrighted Material

["Susan Grigg" <irismom@nc.rr.com>]

So sorry. It should have been Longfield Gardens, LLC, Lakewood, NJ.

Susan Grigg 

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Subject: RE: [AISdiscuss] AIS Copyrighted Material

Perhaps we could give Longwood Gardens permission to use AIS copyrighted
material AS LONG AS they gave the proper credit to AIS, ADDED our website
address, AND a message to join AIS for more information about irises. MOBOT
might have the same deal. I don't want unauthorized use of AIS material for
profit, but we want the public to know about AIS and join us.

Cheryl has a good suggestion for spreading the workload so that we don't
have anyone bogged down with this responsibility. 

It's my understanding that AIS clubs are welcome to use photos from the Wiki
for their sale or programs without having to contact each photographer for
permission.

Susan Grigg
AIS Director
Co-chair of Marketing and Public Relations

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Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:54 PM
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Subject: [AISdiscuss] AIS Copyrighted Material

All,

The American Iris Society has much information and data that is copyrighted.
We have recently sent a "cease and desist" letter from our Legal Counsel to
Longfield Gardens, LLC, Lakewood, NJ for unauthorized use of  AIS
copyrighted material with iris sales packages at a COSTCO in  California.

In addition, various members of AIS have received requests to use and
reproduce AIS copyrighted materials.  My questions to the Board are:   Who
should be designated to give approval to use our materials?  Should we  have
an internal approval process or not?  I don't believe just "anyone" or
everyone should have such authority.  Should the approval point be the
President and Legal Counsel or the Public Relations Chairman?  Most of  you
know that I already have plenty on my plate.  As an example I just  received
a request from Missouri Botanical Garden where Jean and  I volunteer as
follows:

Jim,
I plan on  uploading the iris images I have taken into the gardenbs (MOBOT)
database which will be accessible to the  public.  Each taxon has a field to
describe the plant.  I want to  propose to plant records that we put the
iris registry information in that  field.  First I would need permission to
use the AIS copyrighted  information from someone within the organization.
Who should I  contact?
Gary
Your opinions and quick feedback  would be appreciated.

Jim Morris
President
American Iris  Society

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