Re: permission question

On 7/29/99, Tamika Hughes <hughes[_at_]mail.temple.edu> wrote:
>
> 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.

This is not about some theoretical argument. It is a question of whether the licensee (publisher) has the rights to further sublicense the photograph. Read the license.

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