[Air-l] Permissions for web images that no longer exist

Hi all, I've run up against a problem that has my publisher stumped as well. If you're publishing a book or journal article and want to use pictures from a Web site, and you have the pictures but the site is no longer in existence, do you need permission? How would you handle this? And also, what is the site still exists, but all emails to the authors of the site bounce? Any help or pointers of where to look would be greatly appreciated. thanks! Mia Mia Consalvo, Ph.D. Kohei Miura Visiting Professor Department of Communication, College of Humanities Chubu University Japan Permanent address: Ohio University School of Telecommunications Athens, Ohio 45701 USA