“Can I recreate someone else’s photograph I found online, and use on my book cover?”

Is recreating a photo you find online copyright infringement?
Is recreating a photo you find online copyright infringement?
Theft, owner narcissism, employee and author abuse, blatant stupidity, and so much more! Here are textbook examples of why publishing companies fail.
Religious Watch List * Facebook Comments a “Right?” * “Osho” Cult Lawsuit * Criminal Libel * Stormy Daniels AGAIN * NYT Editor Plagiarism * Feminist Sues Twitter
The abuser could sue. Not naming him can’t protect you from that.
Is your publisher feeding you one or more of these ridiculous, unbelievable excuses?
1st Lady Settles Suit, Printing Plant Goes to Pot, Media Layoffs, VPNs Targeted, Congresswoman Deletes Tweets, Apple Privacy Bug, Publisher Sued by Printer for $15M; Teens Robbing Newsstands in NY
It feels like we’ve been watching an episode of American Publishing’s Most Wanted. Not many news stories have had me fired up as much as this one!
I hated to be snarky (actually, I didn’t hate it that much) but I had to tell her that…
“My friend left his book rights to me via an email message, and verbally. The estate claims it belongs to them. What do you think?”
Amazon kills CreateSpace, forces authors to KDP Print – and people are UPSET!; Tate Publishing owners – will they EVER go to trial?; TrueLine Publishing employees claims she was drugged at Christmas Party; and more juicy stories!