A screenshot is fair use, no-one is going to be chasing anyone down about that.
Karl On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Mike.lifeguard <[email protected]>wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ashley Tan wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have written a chapter, Why Write With Wikis, which is due to be > published > > in a book next year. I would like to include a screenshot of Wikibooks, > > specifically of http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Creative_Writing, as an > > example. > > > > I'd appreciate it if someone on this mailing list could suggest how I > might > > get permission (or at least some acknowledgement) to include the > screenshot > > in the book chapter. Thank you for your time and effort! > > > > > > Regards, > > Ashley Tan, Ph.D. > > My calendar: http://tr.im/EbDQ > > http://ashleytan.wordpress.com > > If you wish to include the Wikibooks logo (which is both copyrighted and > trademarked), you will have to make a claim of fair use (or something > equivalent outside the US). > > If you don't need the logo, you can cut it out (or remove the sidebar, > which usually looks less weird) - then the screenshot would be freely > licensed: the page content can be reused under the CC-by-sa license, > which expressly permits you to reuse it as long as any derivatives are > likewise licensed, and you give credit. In the case of a screenshot, I > would /think/ a URL to the page it is a screenshot of would be > sufficient, but I can't be sure. > > - -Mike > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAksfspAACgkQst0AR/DaKHvdXgCg28pJBaJNpnSaybha6KIMMpVc > hjUAoKz9q6AWalm6oJ0Jgh6GGPEzyxs0 > =Tdjy > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > Textbook-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l > _______________________________________________ Textbook-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/textbook-l
