[Air-L] blog photo copyrights

[joana ro]

Dear Anders, dear Heather,

thanks for the advice! Yes, the book is being published in Germany. The
publisher doesn't seem to be very internet-savy unfortunately.

Did you guys simply ask for permission or ask, whether they wanted money
right from the start?

Thanks,
Johanna

On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Anders Fagerjord <
anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no> wrote:

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> Den 3. nov.. 2011 kl. 10.07 skrev joana ro:
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>  I am in the process of publishing a book about blogs and would like to use
>> not just screenshots, but also individual photos taken from the blog.
>> These
>> photos were more often than not, taken by the bloggers themselves and
>> might
>> be considered theirs in copyright terms (although there is nothing to
>> indicate this in the text itself).
>>
>> What are your experiences with publishing this sort of material? How did
>> you proceed? Did you ask the bloggers for permission? Any tipps?
>>
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> The need for permission will depend on intellectual property law and
> photography law in the country you publish. Is this a German publication?
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> Under Norwegian law, you would in most cases need to ask the photographer
> and any identifiable persons in each image for their permission, although
> there are exceptions.
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> I have contacted a few Web site owners earlier, and both response times
> and whether they want (large) pay varies a lot.
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> good luck!
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> --anders
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> Anders Fagerjord, dr.art.
> Associate professor, Head of Studies
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> Department of Media and Communication,
> University of Oslo
> P.O. Box 1093 Blindern
> N-0317 OSLO
> Norway
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