permission question

I'd appreciate it if anyone could help me out with this. Here's the situation.

A photograph is reproduced and used by permission of the rights holding organization as the backdrop for the cover of a book. If permission to reproduce the cover image as a whole is requested from the publisher, would permission be required from the organization holding rights to the cover art as well, or should the book publisher be able to grant permission to reproduce the cover without additional permission from the organization? I could see arguing either way. Does this scenario differ from the use of an entire article which includes a poem or song lyrics, in which case I would argue that permission need be obtained for both use of the article and use of the poem or lyrics?

I welcome your comments/responses.

Thanks,

Tamika L. Hughes
Rights and Permissions,
Assistant to the Director
Temple University Press
hughes[_at_]mail.is.temple.edu
(215) 204-5707
fax: (215) 204-4719 Received on Thu Jul 29 1999 - 15:55:27 GMT