Hi All-

Another link about thumbnail images not being copyright-able:

http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/947

Perhaps for some reason these precedents do not apply here (although I
doubt it) -- I am no lawyer. But I DO think that it is our responsibilty
as librarians and educators to *not* shy away from cases where copyright
issues are not clear and obvious. It is our job to provide the highest
possible service to our users, not to be timid in the face of false
and/or faulty claims about copyright infingement.

--peter keane

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 03:00:08PM -0500, Charles Ledvina wrote:
> I know my suggestion is probably filled with copyright infringements but
> you could use your Amazon API to get links to all of their images. Your
> url would look something like this:
>
> http://webservices.amazon.com/onca/xml?Service=AWSECommerceService&SubscriptionId=[your_api_code]&Operation=ItemSearch&SearchIndex=Blended&Keywords=[upc_code]ResponseGroup=Images
>
> Using the 024 will usually generate a unique result and then you can
> choose from a variety of image sizes.  I have a kind of API of an API
> service running at chopac.org as an example.  Simply enter a UPC or ISBN
> and you get back an xml file with cover link and product link. Small,
> medium (default) and large images are available by adding s, m or l at
> the end of the UPC.
>
> Examples:
>
> Simspons Movie-- http://chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/upc2image.pl?024543484271
> Simpsons Movie (small image)--
> http://chopac.org/cgi-bin/tools/upc2image.pl?024543484271s
>
>
> The product link is supplied to somewhat fulfill Amazon's requirements
> to link to their items.
>
> Later,
> Charles Ledvina
> infosoup.org
> chopac.org
>
>
>
>
> Ken Irwin wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> With some limitations, the Google Books API allows folks to access book
>> covers for free. (How's that working out? Anyone having luck with it?)
>> -- what about movie/DVD/VHS covers? Are there any free sources for those
>> images?
>>
>> I'd like to work up a virtual-browsing interface for our library's
>> pretty small collection of feature films, and I'd love to include
>> covers. Any ideas on how I might get them? Anyone else doing this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Ken
>>
>> --
>> Ken Irwin
>> Reference Librarian
>> Thomas Library, Wittenberg University