Re: [Web4lib] A million free covers, from LibraryThing

From: Thomas Dowling <tdowling_at_nyob>
Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 16:19:57 -0400
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTSERV.ND.EDU
On 08/07/2008 04:04 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote:
> I am actually pretty certain that Amazon _has_ licensed their covers, 
> and particularly from Syndetics.
> 

Contrariwise, Wikipedia includes book and DVD covers and movie posters, 
with a pretty verbose explanation of why they think they're allowed to 
do so (see for example 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:StarWarsMoviePoster1977.jpg>).

I guess they just define their use as allowed and wait for someone to 
challenge them on it?


-- 
Thomas Dowling
tdowling_at_ohiolink.edu
Received on Thu Aug 07 2008 - 14:50:54 EDT