Copyright Aid

Hi AndyJ,

Thank you for your response - exactly what I wanted to hear!

Best wishes,
Tom

Hello,

I'm hoping to use the iconic Philip Zec poster "Women of Britain - Come into the Factories" on a book cover.

It's my understanding that this image, created in 1941, is in the Public domain in the UK, but I wondered if anyone could verify this for me?

Here's the image:
https://commons ...

Hi Andy,

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. Thanks so much for your thoughtful and insightful response. Your expertise is always appreciated!

Best wishes,
Tom

Hi Andy,

Thanks for responding to my query. My understanding (and most publishers seem to agree) is that an epigraph would require permission due to its prominence, regardless of whether the word count falls under the fair dealing threshold. In the case of epigraphs which proceed book chapters (or ...

Hello,

I know that permission should always be sought for an in-copyright quotation being used as an epigraph at the start of a chapter etc.

However, does the same apply for a small quote in the main body of a book's text if it is placed in a box? If it wasn't boxed, I'd immediately designate it ...

Hi Andy,

Thank you - this was my suspicion but it's good to have it confirmed. As ever, your help is very much appreciated.

Best wishes,
T

Hi all,

If a UK author was creating an English language teaching book and wanted to use short quotes from famous people, but wanted to edit the quotes slightly to reflect a more basic level of English (simplifying words etc.) would we need to seek permission from the people in question, or could ...

Hi AndyJ,

Thank you for your thorough response. I think I was being overly cautious because we tend to treat epigraphs with special care, as opposed to other forms of quotation within the main body of our texts. Good to know that in this context it can be considered fair dealing/fair use.

Best ...

The publisher I work for wishes to use a small extract from a TED Talk as an epigraph in a forthcoming book. The content of the talk has not been published anywhere else.

Are we obligated to request permission from the speaker given that we intend to use the extract as an epigraph?

Hi AndyJ,

As I have come to expect (from seeing your responses to others' queries) this is a tremendously helpful response. Thank you.

Best wishes,
Teepeemckay

I am working on the permissions for a forthcoming academic book being published in the UK. One of the permission items being queried is a piece of advertising copy written by a somewhat famous US poet on the back of a letter to another somewhat famous US poet. We are not using the letter, just a ...