I recently acquired copyright permission for a client to use a photograph of a mural painted on the wall of a restaurant. On first consideration, my client didn’t even factor into his publication plan what action might be required for the legal use of the mural. At the time the painting was conceived and created, […]
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Animal Copyrights?
Animal copyrights ownership: a nature photographer and self-publisher vs. a crested macaque. Animal copyrights is one of the more interesting copyright court cases of late. In September 2015 PETA filed a copyright infringement suit in a California federal court asking that Naruto, a crested macaque, be declared the copyright owner of a selfie he took in […]
Part III: Borrowing Art – Image...
Image Resolution We often have clients who want to include images of various sorts in their book. And they have found great images on the Internet that exactly convey what they intend in their book, but they don’t realize that ownership and image resolution are two important questions to be asked. The first question we […]
Part II: Borrowing Art – Obtain...
Obtain images Last week we talked about some of the legal issues involved in using the art created by others in books, blogs, and on websites. We promised that we would give some tips this week about how to legally obtain images with the resolution needed for publication. It is becoming easier for self-publishers to […]