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? Judith Judith Yaross Lee, Ph.D. Professor of Communication Studies and Director of Honors Tutorial Studies School of Communication Studies Ohio University Lasher Hall Athens, Ohio 45701 T: 740-593-4888 F: 740-593-4810 My newest book: _Twain's Brand: Humor in Contemporary American Culture_ <http://www.ohio.edu/people/leej/Twains_Brand.html> > 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 > 3800 Lindell > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > <www.slu.edu/x23809.xml>