[Web4lib] Re: What are the copyright guidelines for book jackets on web

[Rachel Davis]

"Stewart Baker" <stewart.c.baker at gmail.com> writes:
>I asked a friend of mine who works in publishing, and she had this to say
>when I asked if this sort of activity violated copyright:
>"it doesn't at allit's marketing
>you're not selling the image
>you're ok"

This point of view seems to be confirmed by ALA's copyright expert, Carrie
Russell in her column for School Library Journal (see the third question
down):

[ http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6526709.html
]http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6526709.html

Rachel Q. Davis
Children's Librarian
Thomas Memorial Library
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