Re: copyright question

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At 1:20 PM -0800 on 12/28/1999, you wrote:

> Despite it's nasty turn, this discussion does bring up an
>interesting point. I've browsed Ebay for Salinger collectibles (I
>once nabbed the New Yorker issue with APDFB for $17), and usually
>sellers will include a picture of their goods. I've seen pictures of
>1st Ed. CITR dust jackets complete with JD's portrait, not too
>mention pictures of hundreds of New Yorker covers. Are these
>pictures in violation of copyright law?

Technically, yes.  If you consider an extreme, like Disney, that's a 
company that hunts down the smallest unauthorized reproduction and 
tries to shut it down.

But the entire copyright landscape is in a shambles, as courts try to 
catch up with modern times.

I have a friend who is an intellectual-property attorney; I will ask 
her for her take on it.  (Though she typically goes after music 
infringements.)

Even JD's picture -- the one on the back of Catcher -- is strangely 
credited.   It was taken by Lotte Jacobi, but when it appears in 
newspapers it is often credited to UPI.  In reality, I wouldn't be 
surprised if it's in the Bettmann Archives and is now owned by Bill 
Gates.

--tim

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