Angela
Bangor,#2REBUTTAL Owner of company
Tue, January 19, 2010
This author could not provide proof of ownership of the photo. While government photos may be in the public domain, government contractors' photos may not. The author could not prove who took the photo, nor could he obtain permission from the appropriate government contractor. Infringing on someone's copyright can put the author and the publisher at risk. And, it's just plain wrong.
At Booklocker.com, we steadfastly support the copyrights of others, both author and photographer alike. We had already done work on this author's book and we offered to continue to work on it if he could either provide permission to publish the photo, or if he decided to use a different photo altogether. He refused.