Book covers on the Web

[sbrisco <sbrisco021@CHARTER.NET>]

Question:

 I was discussing the use of book covers on a library web page (to show
titles for summer reading, author visits, etc.) and was told by another
librarian that this was "legal."  (The book covers were on the other
librarian's page and I asked how they got permission to put so many covers
on their website?  Their final response was, "well, until the copyright
police show up and tell us to take it down, we're using them...") Hmmm...

It was my understanding that this could not be done without the publisher's
written permission.

----I've loaned by copyright books to another teacher (who is dealing with a
similar issue with a project), so could someone give me the facts as stated
in Carol Simpson's book or point me to a website that specifically addresses
this?  I've checked the archives but didn't find the specifics that I
wanted.

 Not that I want to be difficult...I just thought that permission was
required if I put it other people's work on the Web--including book covers.

Thanks.

~Shonda Brisco
Trinity Valley MS / US Librarian
Fort Worth, TX
sbrisco021@charter.net

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