On Mon, 27 May 2002, Christian Schaller wrote: > > Oh, an odd question (related to the above, and a little more APAworks > > relevant), is there a policy on using images (that aren't original works) > > in a submission? > > I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's not an odd question. > > It's a profoundly stupid one. You're in a particularly acerbic mood today, Chris... Anyway, I was asking because EXO (or whatever Jolan calls it now) has done so in the past (a number of Gundam writeups, for instance) In retrospect, I suppose it comes down to it being simply that APAWorks holds itself to more professional standards, so the question should have been moot. > Here's a simple test you can perform: do you own the rights to those > images? If not, then have you secured the right to publish them? If not, > then it is not legal for you to publish them, pure and simple. Whether you > scrounged them from a site that's legitimately publishing them or from > some hack site that isn't, if you don't have the right to publish them, > then you don't have the right to publish them. So would it then be kosher to say "To see the original illustration this writeup/design/conversion/etc is inspired by, go to <link>"? > Chris Pierre