Illinois-based Bradford Exchange Ltd. has acquired the right to manufacture and market Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Toy Villages to accompany Bradford’s scale train Sets and accessories. In a deal announced at the beginning of this year, Bradford had previously secured the rights to produce Ringling Bros. Train Sets and Accessories. Bradford’s licensed Ringling Bros. products including the Villages are to be sold through Bradford’s Direct Response Channels (print media, brochures), as well as Internet Sales via the Bradford Exchange website and its affiliate website. The deal was facilitated by CopCorp Licensing.
CopCorp also announced that that Paper Products Design has expanded its licensing arrangement with artist Will Bullas to include beverage napkins, boxed matches and boxed cork coaster sets.
TLB favorite robin zingone has teamed with SkinIt Inc. for a new line of customizable skins for cell phones, MP3 players, laptops, PDA devices, cameras, gaming devices, and wall skins called the Glam Collection. Good news on a snowy Friday.
With that, we’re heading back to the ranch. Be safe out there, even if you’re in a warmer part of the world. And send us a postcard.
Found a great paper on the Tubes today about digital reproductions of artwork by museums, and what copyright protections they hold. The question is: Does making a digital copy of a work of art entitle a museum to certain copyright protections and licensing rights, or do they remain with the artist (or artist’s estate, or original propertyholder)? What is the letter of the law, and what is the spirit of the law?
These are questions that Kenneth D. Crews and Melissa A. Brown of Columbia University ask in “Control of Museum Art Images: The Reach and Limits of Copyright and Licensing,” available here. It’s well worth the 20 minutes or so it’ll take to read. Tell us what you think in the comments.
Illinois-based Bradford Exchange Ltd. has acquired the right to manufacture and market Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Toy Villages to accompany Bradford’s scale train Sets and accessories. In a deal announced at the beginning of this year, Bradford had previously secured the rights to produce Ringling Bros. Train Sets and Accessories. Bradford’s licensed Ringling Bros. products including the Villages are to be sold through Bradford’s Direct Response Channels (print media, brochures), as well as Internet Sales via the Bradford Exchange website and its affiliate website. The deal was facilitated by CopCorp Licensing.
