Re: Copyright infringement

[Charles Tait <charles.tait@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quite

ME Tyler wrote:

> Bob, etal,
>  What this guy did is not to link to a web PAGE but directly
> to the IMAGE and without any indication that the image was
> from another source. This made it appear that the image was
> his. Unless you read his HTML code to see if anything was
> not on the original computer, you would not know that the
> image was procured from another source.
>  Linking to another web page (homepage is best) is
> commonplace on the net. It would be very easy for this guy
> to just say something like "click here to see what __xx__
> did with his 202 camera". Linking to just an image is NOT an
> open way to refer someone to an interesting web site.
> Just my opinion,
> Marshall
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> Bob_Maxey@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:  (in part)
> >
> > >> I noticed that your web page includes links to images which
> > > are not yours. While links to other pages on the web are
> > > often a nice way to promote someone else's web page, failing
> > > to include an introductory line as to the fact that the
> > > viewer is about to access someone else's web page AND
> > > bypassing their opening page AND just using their image is
> > > not only poor web mannors but a violation of copyright.
> >
> > There have been a number of cases already over the issue of Links. Linking
> > to items on a web page is generally accepted and many books on web design
> > explain the process of creating page links, as do many page generation
> > software packages. Linking is not something I generally do, as I can't be
> > sure that the page I link to will be there. I do use them occasionally,
> > though.
> >
> > The idea that simply linking to a page is infringement of copyright is
> > still up in the air and not so simple. I can see it being an issue if you
> > specifically state that you do not want anyone linking to your page, but so
> > what. You can't prevent it and since you are aware that anyone can link to
> > you, you loose any right to use Infringement as a basis for a case.
> >
> > As far as adding some introductory line, this is not needed. You can easily
> > tell from reading the URL if it links to another page. Also, anyone on the
> > Internet for any amount of time understands that a line that is underlined
> > and has http:// prefacing it, is a link.
> >
>
> > Bob Maxey


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