Re: fees for fair use in books

I think your are, unfortunately, wrong in your assumptions as "fair use" if you sell your publications. You need to secure (at least in France) permission. This could be obtained (but not guaranteed !) by explaining how your publication will "serve" the owner's visibility (through credit, mandatory anyway!!) and potential revenues from other products paying the fee!
I am not a lawyer, but I am dealing since several years with Art digital files and have gained experience in this area. Alain

Robert Labossiere a écrit:

> I am working for a small art book publisher. Our books are quite
> specialized; often they are anthologies of critical/theoretical
> essays. My understanding is that reproduction of art works within such
> essays is a "fair use" in the US and "fair dealing" in Canada, i.e.
> exempted from the need to secure permissions and/or pay fees. Yet, if
> we ask an institution for an image for reproduction, what we get back
> is an offer to license, for a fee. What is going on here?
>
> Robert Labossiere, MFA, Ll.B.
> Toronto
Received on Fri Jul 29 2005 - 01:50:50 GMT