Question about copyrights

[marieh2000]

I'm turning in a submittal package to a company we're doing some work for.   They have a photo of their building on their website.  If I download that photo from their website and print it on the front page of the submittals I'm turning in to them, am I committing a copyright "no-no"?  I know we've talked about this before, but I can't find the topic when I do "search".

[countrigal]

Easiest thing to do is e-mail the website administrator and ask him/her if they will give you permission to use it.  Generally, if a pic is something that the general public could get (ie, a pic they could take, is one of Microsoft's many photos, etc) then you can use it without a problem, but it never hurts to just go to the source and ask permission.  Then you're covered either way.

[andrea843]

gotta disagree with you on on some parts of  this one  CG taking that photo without permission is most assuredly copyright violation. It would present a more professional position to either use self produced art, or to obtain written permission to utilize the picture "(and a downloaded file  won't be nearly as crisp in print as the original file so ask for a clean copy too)