Dear Anders, dear Heather, thanks for the advice! Yes, the book is being published in Germany. The publisher doesn't seem to be very internet-savy unfortunately. Did you guys simply ask for permission or ask, whether they wanted money right from the start? Thanks, Johanna On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord@media.uio.no> wrote:
Den 3. nov.. 2011 kl. 10.07 skrev joana ro:
I am in the process of publishing a book about blogs and would like to use
not just screenshots, but also individual photos taken from the blog. These photos were more often than not, taken by the bloggers themselves and might be considered theirs in copyright terms (although there is nothing to indicate this in the text itself).
What are your experiences with publishing this sort of material? How did you proceed? Did you ask the bloggers for permission? Any tipps?
The need for permission will depend on intellectual property law and photography law in the country you publish. Is this a German publication?
Under Norwegian law, you would in most cases need to ask the photographer and any identifiable persons in each image for their permission, although there are exceptions.
I have contacted a few Web site owners earlier, and both response times and whether they want (large) pay varies a lot.
good luck!
--anders
-- Anders Fagerjord, dr.art. Associate professor, Head of Studies
Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern N-0317 OSLO Norway