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Nathan Help! Images for a publication 29th July 14, 07:05 AM
Chas Hi Nathan, ... 29th July 14, 07:16 AM
Carlo Hey Nathan, I'm sure you... 29th July 14, 04:39 PM
Chas Nothing about commercial use.... 29th July 14, 04:52 PM
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    Help! Images for a publication

    There is a nice looking and affordable booklet style Clan history available for many clans by the same publisher including one for Clan Donald. Unfortunately, the book is full of errors and inaccuracies about the clan history so I've decided to write a Clan history for sale at our clan tent that would not lead my kinsfolk astray.

    I don't anticipate a problem writing the abridged Clan history but what I'm worried about is licensing rights for the images a booklet like this will require to be useful.

    I anticipate that I would need images of:

    The various clan tartans
    The clan crests
    The chiefs' coats of arms
    pictures of Clan Donald castles
    Famous portraits of Clan Donald chiefs like the young boys, Glengarry etc...
    Probably the MacIan and MacLeay photos that relate to our Clan.
    Graves of MacDonald chiefs at Iona
    Finlaggan Island

    This booklet may grow into a proper book at some stage, but one step at a time.

    I see a lot of these in other books and so I imagine licensing wouldn't be prohibitive, but I'm out of my depth on that aspect. Anyone who can help me acquire rights to images of this nature inexpensively would earn my deepest gratitude.

    Slàinte,

    N
    Natan Easbaig Mac Dhòmhnaill, FSA Scot
    Past High Commissioner, Clan Donald Canada
    “Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we, in dreams, behold the Hebrides.” - The Canadian Boat Song.

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    Hi Nathan,

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

    Use the search function at the top right of the page; go to the image; check the copyright. The vast majority in Commons are copyright free, provided you quote and credit the source.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_clan

    Very bottom of the page will give links to the clans you seek.

    Good luck with your venture.

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    Hey Nathan,

    I'm sure you could take some nice pictures of your own tartan kilts (Various clan tartans)
    The clan crests (I seem to remember are copyrighted by gaelic themes, maybe ask them/The Wizard might know better)
    The Chiefs arms, ask the chief?
    For the rest, maybe some Xmarkers have what you need.
    If I had what you need I would happily give them to you, unfortunately I don't.

    The problem with the pictures that are "creative commons" is, that they are not to be used commercially. At least that is how I understand "creative commons".

    Anyway, I wish you good luck and I would enjoy to see the finished book

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    Nothing about commercial use. This is the actual licence for Macdonald of Macdonald

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F..._Macdonald.svg
    I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:

    This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.
    You are free:

    • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
    • to remix – to adapt the work

    Under the following conditions:

    • attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work).
    • share alike – If you alter, transform, or build upon this work, you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one.

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    Nathan, I have some pictures of Castle Tioram on Loch Moidart from our anniversary trip to Scotland. I'd be more than happy to share them with you. Of course, a couple of them have some idiot standing in the foreground.

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