Literally the first words on the back of the book:"Looking for images of architectural materials? Surfaces offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colorful visual images of surface textures - wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass - ready to be used in your designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information." (emphasis mine). Hilarious when you do what the book tells you to and then get sued for it.
Based only on what you quoted a reasonable person would assume the book included a license to reuse the images, so it depends on whether the book clearly states that that license is not a commercial license and how to contact her to purchase such a license.
"Looking for images of architectural materials?
Surfaces offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colorful visual images of surface textures--wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass--ready to be used in your designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information.
Photographed by a designer for designers, these pictures show specific materials and how they change with time, weather, wear, and different lighting. Each section offers general views of the material, a gallery of commonly used or manufactured samples, and hundreds of specimens showing types and finishes in architectural settings. Captions provide information about the physical properties, dimensions, construction techniques, specific varieties of the material, and types and styles of treatments.
Interviews with eight design professionals provide practical advice on how they approach visual research, and a comprehensive glossary of visual and technical terms offers a vocabulary for professional communication. An index of subject matter and materials makes it easy to find just the image you need.
1000 color illustrations." taken from https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393730077/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The article mentions a distinction of commercial use. Copyright isn't always that simple anyway, like the difference between a music license for personal use vs. that for streaming, etc.
If it was such an easy open-and-shut case based on the description, I doubt the artist would waste her money on a lawyer, even if seeking a settlement.
If anyone has the book or finds a digital scan, we might be able to put the subject matter to rest -- I say 'might' and not 'should' because copyright infringement has intentionally been made overly complicated by corporations, so even then it might depends on case law.
Didn't see this news in the WIN or the KIA subreddits, but the artist has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement, citing multiple images as evidence.
The images were part of a book published in 1996 and the alleged theft dates back to early 2000s. Some of the evidence is apparently from Capcom's data breach incident from last year.
Literally the first words on the back of the book:"Looking for images of architectural materials? Surfaces offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colorful visual images of surface textures - wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass - ready to be used in your designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information." (emphasis mine). Hilarious when you do what the book tells you to and then get sued for it.
Based only on what you quoted a reasonable person would assume the book included a license to reuse the images, so it depends on whether the book clearly states that that license is not a commercial license and how to contact her to purchase such a license.
"Looking for images of architectural materials? Surfaces offers over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colorful visual images of surface textures--wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, stucco, aggregates, metal, tile, and glass--ready to be used in your designs, presentations, or comps, as backgrounds or for general visual information.
Photographed by a designer for designers, these pictures show specific materials and how they change with time, weather, wear, and different lighting. Each section offers general views of the material, a gallery of commonly used or manufactured samples, and hundreds of specimens showing types and finishes in architectural settings. Captions provide information about the physical properties, dimensions, construction techniques, specific varieties of the material, and types and styles of treatments.
Interviews with eight design professionals provide practical advice on how they approach visual research, and a comprehensive glossary of visual and technical terms offers a vocabulary for professional communication. An index of subject matter and materials makes it easy to find just the image you need. 1000 color illustrations." taken from https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393730077/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
The article mentions a distinction of commercial use. Copyright isn't always that simple anyway, like the difference between a music license for personal use vs. that for streaming, etc.
If it was such an easy open-and-shut case based on the description, I doubt the artist would waste her money on a lawyer, even if seeking a settlement.
If anyone has the book or finds a digital scan, we might be able to put the subject matter to rest -- I say 'might' and not 'should' because copyright infringement has intentionally been made overly complicated by corporations, so even then it might depends on case law.
Didn't see this news in the WIN or the KIA subreddits, but the artist has filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement, citing multiple images as evidence.
The images were part of a book published in 1996 and the alleged theft dates back to early 2000s. Some of the evidence is apparently from Capcom's data breach incident from last year.