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Old 01-29-2009, 08:50 PM

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so, i've been searching the forums, but haven't really been able to find anything addressing this question. what are the rules / issues surrounding the use of images from gigposters on other websites? for example: if i was writing a music review to be published on the web about Henry Rollins and wanted to include an old Black Flag flyer as illustration, would that be frowned upon? is there a general rule or does it depend on the flyer/artist - some flyers have a link to a designer, but some of them just have "submitted by" - so i'm wondering if i can just credit images as coming from gigposters.com or if i should just not use images from this site?

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Old 01-29-2009, 08:53 PM
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It's better not to use anything from this site, but I'd always credit the artist at the very least, if you do.
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Old 01-29-2009, 08:59 PM
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Yeah, credit the artist, and as long as you aren't selling anything, you should be fine.
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Old 01-29-2009, 09:17 PM
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Why not go straight to the source?
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Old 01-29-2009, 10:19 PM
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Old 01-29-2009, 10:38 PM
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Seems to me that if you aren't selling anything it ought to be fine, but I don't know anything about legal issues. If some old Black Flag flyer is on this site, then why not on your site? But credit the artist for sure.
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Yeah - i'll probably play it safe - if i can actually focus on this project long enough to write anything substantial... and try going to the source whenever possible - besides, my maniacal laugh isn't as good as it should be....
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dont do what Echelburgy did.
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Old 01-30-2009, 07:33 PM
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If you can find the image on here, you can find out who the artist is that created it, ask them, and 100% of the time they will give you permission to use their image. If it doesn't say stat a thread and ask - somebody will know. No matter how obscure, somebody will know who did it.

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