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Copyright Question

Patricia LesleyPatricia Lesley
edited March 2016 in Writing
Am I allowed to, freely, use photographs of borrowed books to illustrate my feature about the mobile library?

Comments

  • LizLiz
    Yes. The photo is wherein the copyright lies, as long as none of the blurb can be seen, maybe. Even so, it's an advert for the books, isn't it?

    After all, if you took a photo of yourself in your library with books behind, you wouldn't worry about the copyright of the books would you?

    In fact, you are allowed to take photos much more freely than most people realise. If you are in public, you can take a photo of anyone, anywhere and no-one can do a thing about it. It is not an invasion of privacy if you do not have a telephoto lens and are in a public space.
  • Patricia LesleyPatricia Lesley
    Thanks very much for your comment Liz.
  • Baggy BooksBaggy Books
    Not necessarily relevant to Patricia's query, but here's an article that might be of general interest:

    http://selfpublishingadvice.org/how-to-source-and-use-photos-in-self-published-book-covers/

  • Patricia LesleyPatricia Lesley
    Happy Easter and thanks to both. Interesting article Baggy. The piece that I'm, currently, working on, is journalism; news about the bookmobile. The editor for whom I'm working will know the rules ... I hope!
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