I see the internet/emails/ h-costume list as a group of friends. Someone says,"I have a book with an interesting picture." Someone else wants to borrow the book to look at the picture. If we were in the same town, the other person could just come to my house and look at the book, but since we live hundreds or thousands of miles apart, we scan the relevant picture and send to our friend to look at. Is that copyright infringement or fair use? If the friend wants to look at the picture because they are merely interested in it, not if they are planning on using it commercially. Often I have friends who are looking for an example of a piece of clothing, so we can go to our costume mistress and say, "Here is an example of the piece I want to wear."
-----Original Message----- From: h-costume-boun...@indra.com [mailto:h-costume-boun...@indra.com] On Behalf Of Lavolta Press Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:48 AM To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] copyright law thing... > > It makes me want to heave. But, as you've noted, the law is what you have to follow when using other people's work, not your personal standards. I have not noticed at all that art is being "killed." Certainly, in terms of publications, there is a huge increase in the number of books published in recent years, and the text and illustrations in those must also conform to copyright law. Fran _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
