I need some info. I'm curious as to how a magazine can use so many different images and yet not need any kind of copyright clearance. Take Retro Gamer for example...it's riddled with screenshots, box art, logos, trademarks etc. Most magazines state in the publishing info that all images and characters etc are property of their original owners etc and that such images are only used for the purposes of review/critique. It appears that this is enough for them to be published without too much hassle unless I'm gravely mistaken??? I only ask because as you've probably all seen I am trying to get a Retro Gaming magazine of my own off the ground. All of my pictures site sources and I have a fat disclaimer but Apple are kicking up a fuss and they literally want a notarised form for every image. Luckily my issues are generally platform specific so I can nail the majority of the content with one form BUT as a small fish getting the attention of large gaming companies is incredibly difficult. It would be great if someone could explain how it all works. Is there some sort of waiver you can sign? A license?
Fair use covers it. Critique is what it falls under (as most are a review of a game) ''Examples of fair use include commentary, criticism, news reporting, research, teaching, library archiving and scholarship. It provides for the legal, non-licensed citation or incorporation of copyrighted material in another author's work under a four-factor balancing test.'' If its for an app your working on. Look up Apple's policy. Although itd be legal under fairuse apple may just say ''Fuck it we don't want it legal or illegal'''
Great stuff. Thing is the apple review board is US centric so why they're ignoring my claims of fair use is bizarre.
I'd be interested in some preview promotion thing for a project if you happen to know anyone in that industry
