But I'm not publishing the photos I copy. You keep using the word
publish.
Sylrog
On Oct 3, 2007, at 8:37 PM, Robin Netherton wrote:
It seems to me you only need permission if you're making money
directly off the image.
A common misconception, but it's not true. Whether or not you use the
image to make money (or even if you just charge money to cover the
expenses of publishing and don't make anything) is irrelevant to
whether you have the right to publish the image in the first place.
(If that doesn't make sense, consider that if you give away my work
for free, you are still potentially damaging my ability to earn money
from my own work, if I so choose. You have also violated my right to
control or even prohibit the distribution of my work, which is
independent of monetary issues.)
Another common misconception: As long as you give credit by naming the
creator, you can publish it without asking permission. Not true. That
frees you from a charge of plagiarism, but not from copyright
restrictions.
That said, if you don't ask for money and you give credit, and you get
called into court, the fact that you showed good intent and didn't
profit may reduce or eliminate the amount of money the court makes you
pay.
--Robin
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