Mandau pommel representation?

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by mandaukudi

Not To temper the enthousiasme but what suprises me that nobody seems to notiche that a lot of these photo's have been still unther authorslaw..

Hello Arjan,

Thanks for the comments.

In case you are referring to the propriety of posting photos from books, copyrighted material can actually be circulated in the Internet and elsewhere under the fair use concept --

Fair use is a doctrine in United States copyright law that allows limited use of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights holders, such as for commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching or scholarship ...

In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include:

- the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;

- the nature of the copyrighted work;

- the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and

- the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.

In my humble opinion thus, the posting of the pics from books in this forum in general, and in this thread in particular, fall under such rule.

This is just my two cents, and hope others can share their opinion, too. And a legal opinion would certainly be most welcome, also, as all of us here for sure are mindful of these things

Best regards.