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Q&A Can I copy images from published books and use them in my paper?

When it comes to citing text from someone else's work, the rule is to provide a proper citation and source. Once you do that, you're off the hook. But when it comes to copying images it seems to be...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Bach‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:19:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31351
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License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Bach‭ · 2019-12-08T07:19:00Z (almost 5 years ago)
When it comes to citing text from someone else's work, the rule is to provide a proper citation and source. Once you do that, you're off the hook. But when it comes to copying images it seems to be more complicated. There are copyright rules, and I read online that you always need to contact the author before using images. But if I provide a proper source for the images I copy, why should it be any different from citing text (which is fine)? Furthermore, it is not always possible to contact the author for permission of use; for example, what am I to do if the author is not alive anymore (say I want to copy images from a book published in the 1930s)?

So I need some guidance here, what is really permitted when copying images from books and other sources?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2017-11-09T03:01:32Z (about 7 years ago)
Original score: 1