Re: Help on making dinosaur parody ebook
Thomas H. Faller
> Hello there! This is Crazyharp81602 and I need help on creating a
> dinosaur ebook. You see I'm making a dinosaur parody ebook "Dinosaurs
> by Default" which is a parody of "Dinosaurs by Design" by Duane Gish
> and I would like to know if you could send me 2 ACTUAL SIZE clear scan
> images of the front and back book cover of the very FIRST edition of
> DbD that has 4 dinosaurs on them, a T.rex, a Triceratops, Apatosaurus,
> and Deinonychus on it and the cover is mostly shaded in red. For you
> see I have a copy of the book but I have the second edition of Dbd
> that has a totally different book cover with a T.rex, 2 Ankylosaurs, a
> small Pteranodon, a scaly word "dinosaurs" in the front and a
> Apatosaurus and an elephant on the back and it has the myth about the
> Japanese fisherman boat catching a carcass of a Plesiosaur excised,
> meaning eliminated, from the book. The first edition has the myth in
> it unlike the second one so that it will be easy for you to tell each
> edition apart. If you have a copy of it stored away for reference or
> know of a homeschooler who has a copy of the first edition of Dbd and
> if you are able to borrow it from that person, Please scan me the book
> cover images of the first edition of Dbd and email them to me please
> so that I can finish making the parody ebook and share them over the
> world wide web. I'll let you know when I have what I want so that I
> can continue with my work.
> Thanks a lot!
> BTW here's my email address.
> Harpvictory...@yahoo.com
> Please save it as a jpg file ok? Thanks!
> Crazyharp81602
Will this be a book with text or just pictures? I see an impending problem...
Tom Faller
Harlequin
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Clearly copyright. Unlike "Dr." Jason's crock of bull, this one would
have merit.
Crazyharp, draw your own pictures (or find someone to draw them
for you) and don't use those from Dr. Gish's
book except for what can be justified by "fair use."
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Crazyharp81602
BOTH with text and pictures! For you see I'm making the parody ebook
using Adobe Acrobat and saving it into a PDF file. Right now I'm
editing the images as well as editing the text. I'm using programs
like Adobe Photoshop CS and mspaint and Arcsoft Photostudio 5.5 and
Photoimpression 5. When I'm done, I'm going to convert them all into a
large PDF file and share them over the world wide web.
I hope this helps to answer the question you've asked. If you have
more questions and good advice about what I'm doing, please feel free
to ask, ok?
Thanks!
Crazyharp81602
Crazyharp81602
The Parody will indeed be of "fair use". I was going to include that
disclaimer in the book I'm making. It will be consider as a "Fair Use"
as well as for non commercial use and will be protected by the
Copyright act Sect. 106 I intend to put that "fair use" disclaimer in
the book. Thanks for the advice. In fact, I have the copy of the
section saved on my computer as well as the disclaimer written down on
a piece of paper to remind me of what must I put in my parody book. So
thanks alot for the advice. I'll keep it in mind.
Crazyharp81602
Harlequin
news:483475a8.04072...@posting.google.com:
[snip]
> The Parody will indeed be of "fair use". I was going to include that
> disclaimer in the book I'm making. It will be consider as a "Fair Use"
> as well as for non commercial use and will be protected by the
> Copyright act Sect. 106 I intend to put that "fair use" disclaimer in
> the book. Thanks for the advice. In fact, I have the copy of the
> section saved on my computer as well as the disclaimer written down on
> a piece of paper to remind me of what must I put in my parody book. So
> thanks alot for the advice. I'll keep it in mind.
>
> Crazyharp81602
If your parady is simply copying their work and just altering the
caption with your own do bear in mind that you will have an uphill
battle to claim it is "fair use." Mearly putting in a disclaimer
will not make it "fair use."
You really should make make your own artwork.
Crazyharp81602
That's fine. I Will do that. Thanks for your advice. I'll keep that in
mind.
Besides I've been drawing dinosaurs for years so I can be able to do
that, especially on my computer.
Thanks for your imput!
Crazyharp81602
Crazyharp81602
Ooops!!!
My Honest Mistake!! I MEANT Copyright law Section 107!!!!!
NOT Copyright Section 106!
My sincere Apologies to everyone! I'm about 1 section Off!
No wonder you said to me that I need to do my own artwork.
When I said I'm trying to follow the copyright law section 106,
I ACTUALLY MEANT COPYRIGHT SECTION 107!!!!! NOT 106!
My apologies to everybody!!!! Silly Me!
Oh BTW here is the copy of this section I'm following:
Sec. 107. - Limitations on exclusive rights: Fair use
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use
of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or
phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for
purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching
(including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or
research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether
the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the
factors to be considered shall include -
(1)
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of
a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
(2)
the nature of the copyrighted work;
(3)
the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the
copyrighted work as a whole; and
(4)
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the
copyrighted work.
The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of
fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above
factors
Thanks gota go!
Crazyharp81602
Harlequin
news:483475a8.04073...@posting.google.com:
I am not a lawyer but I am fully aware of the "fair use" provision.
If I understand what you are proposing is wholesale reproduction
of the book altering its caption for purposes of parody. If that is
true then it does not fit "fair use." Being a parody does
not give you a blank check. Look at #3 in particular.
The artist might also argue #4.