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vivaldirules · 07-06-2008, 10:15 AM

Well, I'm not so sure, ZP. I think HarryT has mentioned this before that scanned images are like photos and are themselves intellectual property even though they are of illustrations which are in the public domain. One of the books I mentioned above is available here as scans of the illustrated book:

http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/...ican/index.htm

But the page has a copyright notice at the bottom and so I look at their home page and they have a paragraph which states:

"Feel free to enjoy our web site for your personal use only. All images, sounds, and text used on this website are protected under the federal No Electronic Theft Act of 1997. The Act specifies that individuals may risk criminal prosecution for willful, electronic infringement of copyrighted material, whether or not the infringing party derives any financial benefit from the infringement.":

http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm

I take that to mean that I cannot use their images (unless they gave me express permission to do so). And if that's the case for them, then what does it mean about Google, the Internet Archive, and others?

07-06-2008, 10:15 AM	#4
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Well, I'm not so sure, ZP. I think HarryT has mentioned this before that scanned images are like photos and are themselves intellectual property even though they are of illustrations which are in the public domain. One of the books I mentioned above is available here as scans of the illustrated book: http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/...ican/index.htm But the page has a copyright notice at the bottom and so I look at their home page and they have a paragraph which states: "Feel free to enjoy our web site for your personal use only. All images, sounds, and text used on this website are protected under the federal No Electronic Theft Act of 1997. The Act specifies that individuals may risk criminal prosecution for willful, electronic infringement of copyrighted material, whether or not the infringing party derives any financial benefit from the infringement.": http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/index.htm I take that to mean that I cannot use their images (unless they gave me express permission to do so). And if that's the case for them, then what does it mean about Google, the Internet Archive, and others? Last edited by vivaldirules; 07-06-2008 at 10:18 AM.