Re: Publishing on WWW

Don Z'Boray (zboray@io.com)
Wed, 28 Dec 1994 17:07:27 -0800

On Wed, 28 Dec 1994, Sina Kniseley wrote:
> As an editor that is the one printing the pictures we checked with two
> attorney's to find out thier opinions on whether we could reproduce
> pictures of home pages in conjunction with news stories about the sites.
> Both lawyers felt that this was within the fair use doctrine, but that to
> be on the safe side we should ask permission. If someone says yes, fine. If
> they say no, we will of course not print the picture. But what are the
> implications if they do not return e-mail or phone calls?
>

Condition 1: the attornies you have consulted with have advised that you
should obtain the copyright owner's permission.

Condition 2: the party/parties that you wish to borrow material from for
your own purposes are not answering your e-mail requests and
or they are not answering the voice mail, &tc. making similar
statements of request.

I believe that _you_ believe in the value and sagacity of your legal
counsel's advice. If Condition 2, then Condition 1 ... which is a do loop
which you break out of with one of two events ... the party you seek the
permission from finally replies with a "yes" or a "no," or you give up and
just assume the "no."

Always assume that you do not have the right to copy another's work until
you actually have permission to do so ... and get it in writing. Don't
use the work of others until that hardcopy "ok" is in hand.

Just imagine that someone is wanting to use _your_ work...

- don ;-)
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