Legal Question in Intellectual Property in New York

I am writing a book and want to use as the cover an image that I downloaded from Youtube. The image is of a winner in a sweepstakes contest. Can I do this?


Asked on 2/05/10, 2:34 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Kristen Browde Browde Law, P.C.

No.

Unless you obtain rights to the image, you would be violating copyright laws at minimum.

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Answered on 2/10/10, 2:55 pm


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