Alas, Hal, owning a copy of the image and owning the reproduction rights to that image are not the same. Is it (still) under copyright?
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> On Aug 22, 2014, at 8:02 AM, "Hal Bush" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Folks, welcome back to the new semester:
> 
> I'm trying to finish the details for illustrations for a book, and wondered
> about permissions:  if I own a photo, but got a copy and/or scan from an
> archive previously, do I still need to seek permission?
> 
> I seem to recall from earlier projects that if an image is in my own
> personal collection I can use it -- am I wrong about that??
> 
> thanks, -hb
> 
> -- 
> Prof. Harold K. Bush
> Professor of English
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