Kinko's was on the losing end of a large copyright suit, so they are a bit jumpy. Book covers are amenable to copyright by the way, as are any other forms of expression. Titles cannot be copyrighted, but cover art definitely can be and is.
James
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From: Ron Clinton
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Subject: RE: RARA-AVIS: paperbacks to poster
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> Book covers? Book covers are _not_ copyrightable. Period.
The artist(s) who painted the cover(s) might differ on that point. Or not.
> Even if a book cover has a logo on it, you can argue fair use, if you are
reproducing
> an entire cover of which the logo is simply a part.
You can argue all you want, I'm afraid, but Kinko's won't do it...not the
ones I've been to, anyhow. Those clerks making $10/hour aren't any more
versed in the law than most of us, and if corporate policy says they don't
it, they don't it.
Ron C.
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