Robin Netherton wrote:
But I'm not publishing the photos I copy. You keep using the word publish.I was speaking about copyright law, not about you specifically; I didn't want the previous comment ("you only need permission if you're making money off it") to stand without discussion, because the issue of money is so often misunderstood. Whether you need permission does not depend on whether money changes hands. In your case, you may well not need permission anyway, but whether you're making money doesn't have anything to do with that.Copyright law focuses on publishing
Actually, copyright literally covers making copies, and does not only apply to distribution or sale of them. Scanning is copying. Photocopying is copying. Using a digital camera to capture a book is copying. This is why it's illegal to copy a copyrighted book to save yourself the price of buying it; you're publishing a one-off for yourself.
Likewise, educational use legally applies to education that takes place within educational institutions, and not to an individual reading any book he or she may find informative (which after all applies to every nonfiction work).
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