Re: Unauthorized use of images

["East Coast Photography" <ecphoto@xxxxxxxxxx>]

thats crap man!!!!!!!!

In Oz if you want the image you MUST  ask for permission to use it. You
must try to contact the author and secure permission first. WJ hit him up
for your usual fee of copyright! otherwise we are all doomed to allow these
Vikings of the web to rape and piliage us all!!!!!!!!

Craig
ecphoto@xxxxxxxxxx

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> From: JL <jql7285@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: infrared@xxxxx
> Subject: Re: Unauthorized use of images
> Date: 12 November 1998 11:01
> 
> Theo Benson wrote:
> > 
> > > Today he added a bit that says he didn't take the pictures that are
> > > displayed on his page, and gives their full URLs.  It doesn't help
> > > your copyright violation, but at least he isn't trying to take credit
> > > for the photos.
> > [Theo Benson]  Well, sort of. What he says now is: "All the images had
no
> > copyright statements on their pages and I therefore believe they are
public
> > domain stuff. "
> > Wrongo! I'm a bit fuzzy on international copyright law, but in the
U.S., a
> > copyright notice isn't required to protect something. If you took it,
it's
> > yours. A copyright is almost automatic here. By the way, I don't for a
> > moment believe that this guy added the notice because of inquiries
about how
> > the images were made. I wonder who tipped him off? Certainly not the
> > negative feedback individual I emailed. Judging from their comment on
eBay
> > they apparently wouldn't whiz on him if he were on fire!
> > What annoys me so much is not that he "pinched" the images, but that he
is
> > so arrogant to imply that someone's alleged carelessness is sufficient
to
> > justify the theft to begin with. Talk about blaming the victim!
> 
> This is what he has added since yesterday:
> 
> On 11/11/98 at 08:02:58 PDT, seller added the following information:
> 
>               "Someone asked how I made the images displayed. Well,
> sorry, I have no idea. They are all from various sites on the Internet
> so you will have to ask the people who made them about the various
> techniques. All the images had no copyright statements on their pages
> and I therefore believe they are public domain stuff. Here are the full
> URL addresses of the images so you can check out the pages and inquire
> about the techniques with the people who shot them. 
> 
> First image is located at:
> http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/photo_1.jif 
> Second image is located at:
> http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/photo_2.jif 
> Third image is located at:
> http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1837/HORIZON.JPG 
> Fourth image is located at:
> http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/1837/DUMYAT.JPG 
> 
>               Sorry I cannot help more than this. "
> 
> What I wonder is, why would anyone want to buy his camera, if it's
> obvious he didn't even use that camera to take the pictures? It's of
> course beyond irritating to read how innocent he is making himself out
> to be.
> 
> -- 
> Jackie
> 
> http://pages.nyu.edu/~jql7285/home.html
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