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Creative Commons Licences: A Guide to Data Protection & Copyright
Understanding how copyright and data management rules apply to the resources published online is important. Heritage projects often deal with materials that are still in copyright and involve living people who have legal rights. This is particularly important for National Lottery Heritage funded projects, who are required to publish their digital outputs under the terms […]
Staff Team Meet Up
Earlier this week, the staff team at Naomi Korn Associates met up in London for a belated Christmas get-together. Working remotely in different parts of the country means getting us all together in person is no easy task, but it’s always worth the effort. It was also the first time our newest staff member, Sean […]
Call for Lightning Speakers at CILIP 2023 Conference
CILIP’s Annual Copyright Conference will be held online again this year on 16 May 2023. Naomi Korn Associates is proud to be running this event in partnership with CILIP. CILIP’s Copyright Conference offers a unique opportunity for librarians, archivists and information professionals to update their knowledge and professional practice in this crucial area. Additionally, the […]
Introducing our new Head of Intellectual Property
We’re delighted to introduce Sean Waterman as our new Head of Intellectual Property. Sean began his career in 1994 at News International working as a researcher in the Times Newspaper Picture Library. He then joined the Kobal Collection which was the UK’s largest cinema related commercial photo library and became the digital library manager for the Picture […]
Seasons Greetings
We wish all our clients, partners and friends warm Seasons Greetings and a Healthy and Happy New Year. We have loved supporting you and look forward to continuing to help you in 2023. We will be running a reduced service over the festive period and will reopen on Tuesday 3 January 2023. With our best wishes […]
Data Protection Mentoring & Development (6-month programme)
Naomi Korn Associates are pleased to announce that the next cohort of our innovative Data Protection Mentoring and Development programme is now available to book. Starting in January 2023, our programme brings together a small group of staff responsible for data protection for regular training, mentoring, and sharing of best practice. Participants gain access to: […]
Mondrian and the Metaverse
By Amalyah Keshet Over the last couple of months, the news has been strewn with articles situated at opposite ends of the art historical continuum. One item was the unexpectedly headline-grabbing discovery that a much-visited and deeply scrutinized painting by Mondrian has been displayed upside down in a German museum for the last 75 years. The press loves stories […]
Introducing Tracie Bethell, Consultant
We are pleased to introduce Tracie Bethell as the latest Consultant to join Naomi Korn Associates. Tracie is a Data Protection specialist with over 20 years experience in senior roles dealing with legislation in the public sector. Tracie has ISEB qualifications in Data Protection and GDPR. She has led the implementation of General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) […]
Letting the bird out the cage: How does copyright and licensing work on Mastodon?
By Thomas G. C. Hood and Naomi Korn Advice on social media and copyright law can be found in a raft of websites and publications. Users frequently give away copyright permission in the small print of the terms and conditions of social media platforms, by agreeing to a worldwide, non-exclusive licence for the platform to […]
New Website Launch
We are delighted to announce the launch of our newly designed website. Offering users an improved, streamlined experience, the updated website is simple to navigate and contains clear and concise information about both our company and the larger sector we serve. Our Services pages provide information about the four areas of service we offer: Copyright, […]
Naomi Korn Associates at the MA 2022 Conference
Naomi Korn Associates were proud to be one of the sponsors of the Museums Association Conference, “Make Change Happen”, held in Edinburgh from the 2-5 November 2022. The conference was attended in person by over 850 delegates, and online by an additional 1500 delegates. Held in Edinburgh’s International Conference Centre, Naomi Korn, CEO and Jennie Pitceathly, […]
Appropriate Reappropriation: Athens and Benin
By Amalyah Keshet ‘We Reappropriated What Belongs to Us’: Congolese Artists Minted NFTs of a Colonial-Era Sculpture – and the Museum That Owns It Is Not Happy. Digital Repatriation Like the group mentioned above, Looty [1.] is an organization with a mission: providing alternative forms of restitution for African looted art. “We are an anonymous team of artists, philosophers and […]