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

Not a lawyer either, but speaking based on my understanding of the law rather than just on what I would want people to do:

1. as long as this is a plain listing, I would think it would lack any copyright protection
2. a fair use analysis would need to be done for each item. In a two page pamphlet, a few paragraphs might be too much. In a 300 page book, I would think it would likely be ok as long as the paragraphs chosen aren't the sole point of the book.
3. again, I would think that a fair use analysis would need to be done to determine whether or not this was ok.

Freya Anderson

> 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.
>
> --DS
>
Received on Sat Sep 17 2005 - 00:20:32 GMT