RE: RARA-AVIS: paperbacks to poster

From: Ron Clinton (clinton65@comcast.net)
Date: 24 Jul 2010

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com [mailto:rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com] On
    > Behalf Of Jeff Vorzimmer
    > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 5:52 PM
    > To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
    > Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: paperbacks to poster
    >
    > Book covers? Book covers are _not_ copyrightable. Period.

    The artist(s) who painted the cover(s) might differ on that point. Or not.
     
    > Even if a book cover has a logo on it, you can argue fair use, if you are
    reproducing
    > an entire cover of which the logo is simply a part.

    You can argue all you want, I'm afraid, but Kinko's won't do it...not the ones I've been to, anyhow. Those clerks making $10/hour aren't any more versed in the law than most of us, and if corporate policy says they don't it, they don't it.

    Ron C.



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