Re: Selling Books - Using Select Text and Images in Sales Lit

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 2:04pm, Dodi Schultz wrote:
> Garry Print wants to know if, in online book sales, reproducing the
> following are okay: (A) the TOC; (B) three or four paragraphs from the
> book; (C) "some JPEG images of 3 to 6 select pages".
>
> Speaking as an author, not as a lawyer: (A) is fine and is frequently
> done; (B) and (C) are absolutely not okay without the copyright
> holder's permission.

Also not speaking as a lawyer, these are typical fair uses. (B) is de minimis and (C) is OK as well if the JPEG is essentially a thumbnail (ii.e. Low enough resolution that the text is illegible) relying on the 9th Circuit case permitting thumbnail reproductions in a search engine. But, of course, you could always be sued by some overly litigious author.

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