Pictures of Highgate vampires

[jardanuyb]

Is it possible to get copies on paper of the Highgate Vampire pictures?


Jordi Ardanuy
#nosmileys

[Vampirologist]

The pictures are protected by Copyright Law and can only be obtained legally by purchasing the book The Highgate Vampire where they appear on page 144.

Link: www.gothicpress.freeserve.co.uk/Highgate%20Vampire%20Book.htm

[jardanuyb]

I have got the book. I'd want to get large copies from the original to reproduced on paper for a free journal in Catalan.

[Vampirologist]

If you look at the publisher's page (facing the Contents page, in the book, it states:

"No part of this book may be reproduced ... [etc] ... without the prior written permission of the Publisher and the copyright owner."

That permission will not be forthcoming, as the pictures must remain exclusive to The Highgate Vampire book.

[Mr. X]

You could scan it onto a computer and blow it up, if you really needed to.

[jardanuyb]

I can understand I must pay for employ the pictures, but nothing else.


Jordi Ardanuy

[Vampirologist]

The pictures are the exclusive copyright of the author and his publisher.

They are not for sale. They never have been for sale.

No part of The Highgate Vampire may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form whatsoever, or by any means, mechanical, electronic, recording, photocopying, or otherwise, including scanning into a computer for the purpose of dissemination to others.

The pictures are protected under copyright law.

[jardanuyb]

I understand it but I disagree with this attitude against the boadcasting of the knowledge.

Jordi Ardanuy

[Vampirologist]

But the "knowledge" has already been "broadcast" in The Highgate Vampire book, three television programmes in the 1990s and a film documentary at the turn of the century. In all four transmissions the photographic evidence was examined, investigated and broadcast.

Photographs are the legal property of the copyright owner. Why should that property be disseminated to anyone who happens to want to take it for their own purpose?

Those still wanting to have copies of the only legally permissable pictures to be put in the public domian may obtain the book wherein they appear. That seems perfectly reasonable.

[jardanuyb]

Do you believe all the people in the world read English?

The book is inaccessible for a lot.

Mi only one purpose is the disclosure.


Jordi Ardanuy

[Vampirologist]

There are legal issues where disclosure is concerned.

The Vampire Research Society took legal advice before publishing photographic evidence on television and in a book.

However, a few pictures will not determine how someone approaches the subject, no matter what language they may speak. Pictures are not "knowledge" as such and cannot be regarded as anything more than evidence in a case. Knowledge comes through practical research and theoretical study. That can be done in the language of choice.

People fall into three basic categories on this subject:

1) Those who reject the existence of the supernatural with or without examination.

2) Those who are superstitious and gullible and believe almost anything they hear or are told about the supernatural. Thankfully this category is shrinking and comprises a very small minority of people.

3) Those who approach the supernatural with an open mind. Discovery of realities beyond the natural world, however, requires learning and knowledge to avoid possible danger. The sensible person, of course, will apply themselves to understanding these dangers and how best to guard against them in the pursuit of knowledge.

[Westny]

I practice IP law in the U.S. Generally speaking, the Vampirologist is 100% correct, copyright IS the right to control and prohibit copying. And, barring permission from the copyright owner, no right to copy copyrighted material is ever safely assumed.

In the U.S. the fair use doctrine can sometimes be used to justify small-scale non-profit copying for educational or charitable uses, but this is a touchy doctrine. If someone wants to use this material it would be better to write to the copyright owner, explain exactly how and why they want to use it, and seek permission.

By the way, there are some fairly draconian penalties for wilful copyright violation.