Hello,
I have written a chapter, Why Write With Wikis, which is due to be published in a book next year. I would like to include a screenshot of Wikibooks, specifically of http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creative_Writing, as an example.
I'd appreciate it if someone on this mailing list could suggest how I might get permission (or at least some acknowledgement) to include the screenshot in the book chapter. Thank you for your time and effort!
Regards, Ashley Tan, Ph.D. My calendar: http://tr.im/EbDQ http://ashleytan.wordpress.com
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Ashley Tan wrote:
Hello,
I have written a chapter, Why Write With Wikis, which is due to be published in a book next year. I would like to include a screenshot of Wikibooks, specifically of http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creative_Writing, as an example.
I'd appreciate it if someone on this mailing list could suggest how I might get permission (or at least some acknowledgement) to include the screenshot in the book chapter. Thank you for your time and effort!
Regards, Ashley Tan, Ph.D. My calendar: http://tr.im/EbDQ http://ashleytan.wordpress.com
If you wish to include the Wikibooks logo (which is both copyrighted and trademarked), you will have to make a claim of fair use (or something equivalent outside the US).
If you don't need the logo, you can cut it out (or remove the sidebar, which usually looks less weird) - then the screenshot would be freely licensed: the page content can be reused under the CC-by-sa license, which expressly permits you to reuse it as long as any derivatives are likewise licensed, and you give credit. In the case of a screenshot, I would /think/ a URL to the page it is a screenshot of would be sufficient, but I can't be sure.
- -Mike
A screenshot is fair use, no-one is going to be chasing anyone down about that.
Karl
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Mike.lifeguard mike.lifeguard@gmail.comwrote:
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Ashley Tan wrote:
Hello,
I have written a chapter, Why Write With Wikis, which is due to be
published
in a book next year. I would like to include a screenshot of Wikibooks, specifically of http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creative_Writing, as an example.
I'd appreciate it if someone on this mailing list could suggest how I
might
get permission (or at least some acknowledgement) to include the
screenshot
in the book chapter. Thank you for your time and effort!
Regards, Ashley Tan, Ph.D. My calendar: http://tr.im/EbDQ http://ashleytan.wordpress.com
If you wish to include the Wikibooks logo (which is both copyrighted and trademarked), you will have to make a claim of fair use (or something equivalent outside the US).
If you don't need the logo, you can cut it out (or remove the sidebar, which usually looks less weird) - then the screenshot would be freely licensed: the page content can be reused under the CC-by-sa license, which expressly permits you to reuse it as long as any derivatives are likewise licensed, and you give credit. In the case of a screenshot, I would /think/ a URL to the page it is a screenshot of would be sufficient, but I can't be sure.
- -Mike
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