Re: image of book jacket used to sell used book

On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Bryan Taylor <bryan_w_taylor[_at_]yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> The first question is if the cover is even part of the copyright for
> the book. I'll assume it is, but it's not obvious to me.
> [...]
> Amount and substantiality of the portion used. It's just the cover.
> [...]
> You are giving them free advertising.

Who are "they"? You seem to be confusing the cover with the book.

I have authored or co-authored a number of books published by major houses. In all cases, the author or authors own the copyright to the text of the book. In NO case do I (or we) own, or make any claim to, cover art or design. That was packaging furnished by the publisher, and ownership will depend upon the publisher's arrangements with the designer and/or artist or photographer (varying with the elements involved in the particular cover). A designer may or may not have been on the publisher's staff; an artist or photographer almost surely was not.

--Dodi Schultz
  <schultz[_at_]compuserve.com> Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 17:27:15 GMT