"Using Maps From Out-of-Copyright Books" Topic
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 Whirlwind  | 25 Apr 2014 11:29 p.m. PST |
Can you use maps from out-of-copyright books in your own work? Regards |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 26 Apr 2014 2:24 a.m. PST |
Out of copyright means just that, so yes. However, you have to use the original – if you use an out of copyright map from a modern reproduction, then the modern reproduction is copyrighted to the author of that reproduction. |
| Who asked this joker | 26 Apr 2014 6:03 a.m. PST |
What are you doing with your own work? Is it free to give away or are you going to sell? Copying any map (in copyright or not) probably constitutes "fair use" but if it is a commercial product, only the material out of copyright could be used. The other could only be used with express permission from the owner. |
| Whirlwind | 27 Apr 2014 8:02 a.m. PST |
Imagine I wrote a scenario for Talavera and wanted to publish it: could I use an image from Oman's History of the Peninsular War from one of the online 'copyright expired' versions? Regards |
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