They addressed this at a HAPS workshop on digital photography and powerpoints at the 2004 midwest regional conference in Palos Hills. According to my notes (and I could be wrong - it was a while ago) - copyright begins at the moment of creation. If you have adopted a text, you then have the assumed permission of the publisher to use images from the text and/or accompanying atlas, CD, etc. in powerpoint presentations, websites, etc. that are associated with the course that the text goes with and are not for profit. However, if you use your own digital camera to take photos of models, posters, etc. for use in the same way, you must first get permission from the copyright owner. We were told that most vendors are very happy to grant permission for use. In addition, if you hire a publisher to do your own lab manual, they acquire copyright to any lab that you right. They also will have images that they have gotten permission to use - or they will get the permission. This is the best that I can do with my notes and memories of the workshop. I believe that it was Glenn Carpenter and Mike Timmons who put on the workshop, so if you know one of these gentleman, you might consider asking them. Also, I believe that I was given a web link at some point to copyright rules - you may try Googling it. Kerrie Kerrie L. Hoar, M.S. Department of Biology University of Wisconsin -- La Crosse 341 Cowley Hall La Crosse, WI 54601 (608) 785-6459 http://www.uwlax.edu/biology/faculty/Hoar/kerrie_hoar.htm "There is little that separates humans from other sentient beings -- we all feel pain, we all find joy, we all deeply crave to be alive and live freely, and we all share this planet together." Ghandi -----Original Message----- From: HAPS-L-owner@xxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Alan Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 4:24 PM To: HAPS Subject: Re: [HAPS-L] How far does copyright go? Ken- Aphotograph of a public building belongs to the photographer. The photo is the ³work². The photo doesn¹t change ownership of the design and plans (the work). The building is not a work from this point of view. But buildings according to works are protected from duplication. Trademark and patent issues are separate. ³Golden Arches², for example. Likewise, a micrograph is the work. A microslide is not a work, and so can¹t be copyrighted. The copyright office has a useful guide online for free download. Use google to find it. All US govt works are public domain, btw. Copyright is simple at its heart: to the creator belongs the right to copy. -Alan On 4/18/07 2:59 PM, "MALACHOWSKY,KEN" <Ken.Malachowsky@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > A photographer takes some pictures of buildings in NYC and publishes them in > his book. Does he need permission from the owners of the buildings in order > to publish the images? Has anyone on this list serve ever asked permission > from Carolina or Nasco in order to produce digitized images from their slides > (realizing the images can end up in a lab manual or a PPT presentation)? Do > we need permission to take pics of organs? The company went through the ³work² > to produce a ³clean² looking organ; just as they went through the work to make > a histological specimen. These copyright issues and safety issues both can > seem to go a bit extreme. > > > Just wondering,
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