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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;elarnia, post: 46373, member: 159&quot;]A bit of informal research seems to show that selling a page from a book you own is perfectly legal.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I found 3 types of cases where there were problems with it:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) altering the page in a manner that tends to defame the work - making an innocent picture of a child look sexual, painting warts on a famous person&#039;s face, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) Using a cut out picture in public promotion of something the original is not connected with - advertising.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) Selling a page from a book in a manner that confuses it with a print - fraud.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some people also seem concerned that the seller might have visited a local library or archive with a sharp knife - a not unreasonable fear.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many people seem confused about the warning in books not to buy a book without the cover - this is not because the publisher can prevent me from ripping the covers off my books, and then selling them if I want to, but because bookstores do not return whole copies of mass market paperbacks for credit, just the cover. The rest is supposed to be destroyed but many find their way into other peoples hands.&nbsp; So that rule addresses stolen property, not copyright issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently bought 7 or 8 pictures off ebay by Frank Brangwyn that are pages from various books.&nbsp; While I don&#039;t know about the books, most of his artwork is still under copyright.&nbsp; They were all clearly listed as book pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>You could probably win this one, but it&#039;s probably not worth the fight.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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