David Pattern wrote:
On the subject of copyright, wasn't there a recent case brought against
Google's Image Search where the judge ruled that thumbnails do not violate the
copyright of the original image?
Yes, but the facts in that case weren't quite the same as the facts in
the hypothetical case we are talking about. It woudln't neccesarily be
decided the same, although the defense lawyers in our hypothetical case
would certainly cite that case.
At any event, if the publishers don't mind, it doesn't matter.
And as seeing a post from Dave reminds me, even what I know about the
murky grey areas of this issue is only US law, I have absolutely no idea
how it would turn out in other countries. But if the publishers don't
mind, it won't matter.
Jonathan
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