The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 48, November 28, 2004, Article 11

USE OF COPYRIGHTED IMAGES

  Douglas Mudd, Curator/Director Money Museum,
  American Numismatic Association writes:

  "With regards to the questions of copyrights and the use of
  images last week's E-Sylum, basically, it comes down to
  usage - personal use is OK in most cases - commercial use
  is subject to restrictions. If the book of publication was from
  1929 or before, the images may be in the public domain
  (unless if has been re-published) in which case there are no
  restrictions on use - otherwise, you must request permission
  to use images from published material, including websites,
  unless free-use permission is explicitly given in the publication
  (almost never done).  So - you need to start checking - in
  most cases it is very easy and straightforward.  Some
  publishers will not publish a book without information on the
  source of the images and written permission."

  Howard A. Daniel III writes: "I am currently working on
  another book and have bought all but seven coins that will be
  described in it.  For those seven images, I will write to the
  authors and/or publishers and request permission to use their
  image(s).  I have only been turned down a couple of times
  and that was very early in my numismatic "career" when no
  one knew me.

  In my request, I tell them that each image or group of images
  will have "Courtesy of (name)" on the page.  This has been
  very satisfactory to everyone.   I also add those people to my
  Acknowledgments and/or List of Contributors, and this has
  proven to be very, very satisfactory.  And the top ten
  contributors receive a special signed edition of my books as
  another  thank you.

  I hope this is of assistance to Yoissi Dotan, who has assisted
  me many times and I am anxiously awaiting his "Watercraft
  on World Coins, 1800-Present" book!"

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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