Moving Image Collections: A Window to the World's Moving Images

MIC Site Policies

References and Links to Service Providers and Other Sites

Re-Use of MIC Web Site Information

User Privacy

Use of Copyright-Protected Moving Images

References and Links to Service Providers and Other Sites

General Disclaimer

Information on the MIC Web site may include links or references to other Web sites, to other organizations or to commercial entities providing goods and services for moving image archives. Publication of a link or reference is for information only and does not constitute endorsement of Web site content or of any information, goods or services offered by the referenced entities.

Re-Use of MIC Web Site Information

Content on MIC Web pages is copyright-protected. Original articles attributed to personal or corporate authors may be protected by copyright held by those author(s). Articles without attribution, and all other textual content on the MIC Web site, are governed by a Creative Commons license. You may copy, distribute, or display this textual information for educational or noncommercial purposes if the following restrictions are met:

1. You must indicate that the re-used information is a direct quote through standard publication practice such as use of quotation marks or indented text.
2. You must attribute the quoted text to Moving Image Collections (MIC), unless a personal or corporate author is otherwise noted. Use the following format in citations:

   Moving Image Collections (MIC). The Preservation Process: An Overview of the Film Preservation Process. August 18, 2004. http://mic.imtc.gatech.edu/public_portal/pub_presprocess.htm

3. You may not alter, transform, or build upon the work.

MIC information pages often include still images, moving images and graphics. These images are copyright-protected and may not be reused without written permission from the MIC Project Manager.

User Privacy

The MIC Web site makes no attempt to personally identify individual visitors to the MIC Web site. To insure content responsiveness and relevance to user needs, usage statistics are gathered and evaluated periodically. A standard software package is used that provides general information about users, specifically:

• Domain name from which the user accesses the Internet
• Date and time of access
• Pages visited
• Duration of visit
• Web site from which the user accesses the MIC Web site

Concatenated statistics concerning number, duration and repetition of visits are collated weekly.

Users are encouraged to participate in the MIC Web site by sending comments, questions and recommendations for collections and resources to include. We will respond directly to all personal emails. We will maintain the privacy of all users corresponding with MIC management as recommended for general library reference service policy and practice. We will share the name and content of user communications among MIC administrators only as needed to respond fully and appropriately to the communication. We will not publish or publicly quote from communications received without the written permission of the correspondent.

MIC evaluations are conducted periodically as part of the ongoing MIC assessment process. Users participating in a MIC survey will be offered a range of privacy options to fit each individual’s need. A privacy option must be selected to submit a completed survey.

Cookies are not currently used in MIC portals. Cookies are currently used only for MIC Archive Directory management, to allow organizations to revise their own directory entry without the intervention of MIC administration.

Use of Copyright-Protected Moving Images

MIC enables the discovery of moving images held by participating repositories. Some moving images are digital and may be directly accessible for download or streaming to the user’s computer. Other moving images may be unavailable for use or may be made available by the owning organization through a range of availability options, including the purchase of a copy, onsite viewing at the organization, footage licensing, etc.

MIC does not own the rights to any moving images discovered via a Collections Explore search of the union catalog. Moving images are generally copyright-protected. Users must contact the holder of the collection (repository) to determine any restrictions for viewing, copying or otherwise using moving images discovered at this site. Information about the repository, including contact information, is provided with the descriptive information for each moving image.

Descriptive information about moving image titles rarely includes information about obtaining access to the individual title. To facilitate access to moving images, the MIC Archive Directory database includes general information about policies and practices for obtaining moving images from each participating archive. This general information is provided to facilitate selecting and obtaining moving images. However, you will need to contact the repository for access information specific to an individual moving image title.