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rizla mission
11:24 / 12.04.02
I'm pasting together a new fanzine at the moment, and naturally a few pages are going to be given over to recommending cool comics.
What I want to do is photocopy some panels from said comics and stick them in (and possibly even on the collage cover). Is this .. allowed? Is it good form? I really wanna do it, but it seems so much like stealing..

(odd how I have none of the same qualms about ripping off photos and non-comix illustrations from here, there and everywhere)
 
 
Jack Fear
12:23 / 12.04.02
US copyright law specifically allows brief excerpts of prose works to be reprinted without express written permission "for review purposes," while prohibiting all other unauthorized use. I imagine UK law is similar.

You're in the clear, I think, as long as you include a disclaimer somewhere in the text of the 'zine itself: it could be a line of text near each individual co-opted illustration--e.g., "Captain Doofus is (c) and TM Plaid Pyjama Publishing. All rights reserved"--or with a general disclaimer up front--"All copyrighted work herein remains the property of the respective copyright holders: excerpts are preseneted here for review purposes only."
 
 
mondo a-go-go
09:24 / 16.04.02
yep. what jack said.
 
 
rizla mission
21:16 / 16.04.02
ok, cool, thanks.
 
 
w1rebaby
21:24 / 16.04.02
Internationally, you might try looking up the Berne Convention.

I've had some dealings with copyright lawyers recently and that was what I used to tell them to fuck off.