Re: Re: Using pictures of children's books for educational material
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Posted by Jim Holzschuh on January 09, 2001 at 17:29:45:
In Reply to: Re: Using pictures of children's books for educational material posted by M. Arthur Auslander on January 08, 2001 at 04:34:31:
: : My wife is an Educational Consultant (web site at www.ms-t-inc.com). : : She frequently needs to put together classroom handouts and teachers : : guides that are centered around the topic of "Guided Reading". : : Part of the Guided Reading process is to have the children re-write : : a specific children's book. Typically these books are the "picture : : book" type with no more than 16-20 pages. The children do their own : : drawing and add their own words taking the basic style of the book : : from the original. : : The basic question is can a scanned picture of the cover of the book : : be used in these handouts? My wife wishes to publish a teacher's : : resource book containing more than 50 of these Guided Reading aids. : : This would result in using book titles from more than 50 authors and : : probably as many book illustrators. In a way this resource guide : : would promote the purchase of these books as they would be read to : : the students prior to them creating their own masterpieces. : : Can these guides be published without getting prior approvan from the : : authors and illustrators? : Dear Jim Holzschuh, : Looks very risky the way you put it. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop (sm) : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive What should out next step be? Should we contact the authors or publishers of the books in Question?
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