Quote:
Originally Posted by Elfwreck
The law can prevent me from taking photographs of pages of a book I own and using those photographs for non-commercial purposes. Legally, there is no difference between "a book" and "a sculpture" as far as IP law is concerned--the original creator has the right to decide what kinds of copies are allowed.
Is it reasonable for everyone who scans & distributes ebooks to wait for the copyright owners to contact them and request that they stop?
I have no wish for you to stop using the Dalek icon. I think it's a fine icon, and that your use is well within the US concept of free speech (I don't know how UK laws deal with that) and it causes no harm whatsoever to the original rightsholders. But the idea that some copies are obviously legal and reasonable, and others are not, because people "should just know" what the rightsholders want, and what kinds of restrictions are just ridiculous, has nothing to do with the legalities.
|
The copright notice should give you guidance here. If its not forbidden by the notice, you should be OK.
Of course, there are badly written copyright notices, but then there are badly written legal documents of all types.