[WikiEN-l] More fair use image overreaching

[WJhonson at aol.com]

In a message dated 3/3/2008 9:28:25 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
WJhonson at aol.com writes:

With all  the hand-wringing over book covers and album covers and  
distributed  
pictures of living people, you'd think we'd hear about all these   supposed 
lawsuits and costs and C&D's.  And what we actually hear  is  complete 
silence.>>


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Just to add a bit to my own post.
As an author, if someone cited my work, even including the book cover art I  
would be *thrilled*.  I wouldn't be suing, I'd be thanking them.   There's no 
lost income from that sort of copy, it in fact, creates new income,  be 
interesting people in the work so they will want to get it.
 
An album cover does not replace the album, and the artist whose album art  is 
copied laughs all the way to the bank as more people are re-introduced to  
some old 70s work or something.



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