agree.
of course it is "wrong"...but I do think it's amusing when people get all worked up about it, when/if their images have negligible market value. Mike V....yea, I understand. But some people really act like the Mona Lisa was snatched, and that is funny when they act so indignant and violated.
On another note, I had a very smart and nice person ask me about a painting I used for my avatar here. It was a snapshot I took of the original painting, that I own, by Avi Keriaty. I told her..."oh..I own that original" and she proceeded to tell me I could not take a snapshot and post it as an avatar. I think that is very petty myself. Like...why would somebody even worry about this? I can tell you right now...it would never occur to me to police another's avatar.
Seems out of perspective to me.
It's hard to put a number on a image. I have seen some images that wouldn't make it past my first edit cycle bring in very good cash. I've seen other images that were stunning not make a dime. How much cash something is worth, isn't really the issue.
The issue is theft, plain and simple.
Thanks for the sweet words
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I'm not sure I told you that you couldn't use it, it was so long ago, I don't remember all the details of our conversations. I believe I asked if you knew you could use it
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and brought up the idea that just owning a piece of art doesn't give one the rights to do whatever one wants with it unless those rights have been negotiated.
I can give someone a print (or sell it to them) - they cannot then go make other prints and sell them or display them as their own. I ask about it because the original artist may or may not allow that kind of thing, I don't know. But it's important to know - not only from a legal standpoint, but from a right and wrong standpoint.
This is always a hot topic. Ultimately, each person has to decide how valuable their images are - and value just isn't monetary. Is it OK for someone to use what you have created without giving you credit and without asking permission? How about someone getting into your car and driving to the store? "Well, you left your car parked in a public lot so I thought it would be fine." :no LOL
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Thinking, talking and seeing other opinions and ideas is precisely what forums are for and I think threads like this are a good thing - whatever you personally believe for yourself.