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Originally posted by towny
Access to image libraries like the one the Spiderman pic came from is under strict conditions of use. Promoting your wares by drawing attention to the illegal things you can do with the internet is certain not to be covered ...
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The standard Columbia Pictures (who distributed Spiderman) statement on their publicity photos is:
"Permission granted for reproduction in newspapers and periodicals only. Use of this photograph in books, retrospectives or biographies, or in the conjunction with the sale or advertising of posters or any other product or service, or in any other manner not expressly permitted herein, is prohibited except with the written permission of Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc."
I don't however have any Columbia publicity photos more recent than 1991, so they may have changed that statement since then. The Spiderman picture may also have been licenced under different terms.