Thanks for the links. The Bordwell -Thompson's site on this subject is
illumiting indeed. However, since the legal stance is still ambiguous, I
would be thankful to list members who could share their personal experienceo
n this matter (film pictures in books, for the purpose of theoretical and
academic analysis).
Haim
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> It has always amazed me that the many full colour stills in Bordwell
> and Thompson's Film Art are used without any copyright clearance under
> the US fair use provision.
>
> Thompson provides a very useful guide to the law surrounding the issue
> (with some excellent links):
>
> http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=2127
>
> Presumably mileage may vary in different countries.
>
> David
>
> Ps. On a related note, the Berlin publishers, Bertz and Fischer,
> include a CD in the back of their German print publications which
> contains a PDF with an English translation and embedded video clips of
> around 30 seconds or more. I haven't seen anybody else do this and I
> would expect that this might attract more lawyerly attention than the
> use of stills. See a review of one of their books here:
> http://www.film-philosophy.com/2009v13n1/morari.pdf
> On 9 October 2009, at 22:04, Haim Callev wrote:
>> What has been your experience with publishers concerning the
>> inclusion of film pictures in books, for the purpose of theoretical
>> and academic analysis? Have they had any reservations stemming from
>> copyrights concerns?
>>Haim
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