Gautam N. Lad wrote in message <37eed7b2@news.povray.org>...
>Hi,
>I bought a text-book for one of my college courses, and lo-and-behold, one
>of my renderings (Grade One), was in the book.  I was so surprised and
>happy,
>considering it was the only non-winning image among other IRTC
>winners/runner ups.
>
>The book is called: Computers:
>Tools for an Information Age 6th Edition by H.L. Capron
>ISBN: 0-201-61211-9
>http://www.prenhall.com/capron
>
>Problem is, I was never told that my image would be appearing in the book.
>Is this somehow breaking one of the IRTC rules or violating my copyrights?
>All the files
>included for the submission included a statement from  me regarding
>permission of image/file, usage.
>I have written on my homepage's gallery and in the IRTC files (.POV, .TXT,
>etc.) that if
>you wish to use the image, you must first contact me to get my permission.
>
>Some of the images included in the book are (from the IRTC):
>
>- Roger, Gary and Bob by Jeane-Marie Haerens and Fabien Mosen
>- Untitled (image of Ice Cream Cone) by Nathan O'Brien (
>- Gomusic by Gena Obukhov (not sure if this is from IRTC)
>- Toco Toucan by Ian and Ethel MacKay
>- Pocketwatch by Kevin Odhner
>- Untitled (bucket of Sea Shells) by Steve Gowers (Summer theme)
>- Untitled (ship image) by Nathan O'Brien (Elements theme)
>- Grade One by Gautam Lad
>- Untitled (plane image) by Ian Armstrong (Flight theme)
>- Admiral Watch by Adrian Baumann
>- Ode to Prianesi by Nathan O'Brien
>
>My question to these artists: Did you receive any notice from the
>publisher/author? If not,
>do you think they violated your copyrights by using the image without your
>permission?
>
>Also, I don't plan on taking any legal action or anything; it's just that
>I'd like to know (in advance)
>where my work is being used.


After reading this thread, I checked my Computer Science textbook, and it
appears that POV-Ray is a very popular program for generating artwork for
these books.  However, the cover artwork in question in this case was
created by the author of the book, and no copyright violations are involved.

Mark

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