Welcome to ScubaBoard, the world's largest scuba diving community. Registration is not required to read the forums, but we encourage you to join. Joining has its benefits and enables you to participate in the discussions.
Benefits of registering include
Posting your photo on a public site is essentially giving your photos away... Lawyer fees are too great, especially for filing an out of state, out of the country, or even in the county copyright infringement suit.
This is so true. I had my web site logo taken from my web site and used on another web site. I asked may times to remove it, Nicely at frist , then spammed him with all my friends to remove it. Then the guy that made my image offer for free to make him any logo he wanted if he removed it. Of couse he and I own the rights to it. But dealing with someone from across the world. They just laugh at you. How much would I have to pay to do something to someone across the world. Your talking 10s of thousands of dollars. It's been 4 years now and they still are using my web site image logo. If you post it on the net than be prepaired for it to show up on someone elses site. Complain all you want but how much do you want to spend if they want to egnor you. If they work with you that's great but they don't have to. Me I'm not a record agency or magizine that have lawyers on file for such things. Remember someone has to pay the lawyer, Big corporations can afford it can you.Y'all are whistling in the wind - the internet is its own law. Good luck collecting penalties due to "copyright infringement" from that 15 year-old user in China... nobody owns ANYTHING on the internet...
Kinda amazed at some of the attitudes in this thread.
Those of you who think stealing is okay just cuz its the internet need to go out & steal yourselves a moral compass.
Cath,catherine96821:I have never taken anybody's images.
yet, I think the reality compass says don't make yourself a victim over a very minor thing. So...you have never downdoaded music?
I pay on Itunes but my kids use limewire and I haven't stopped them. Do you really think this is a big moral issue? just curious. Maybe it is....seems pretty petty though.
have you ever photocopied from a book? I thought that is what the "personal reasonabable use" was about?
Cath,
I was referring to the use of someone else's intellectual property & passing it off as your own, or financial or business gain/advertising off someone elses sweat. Not a minor thing to to the OP, as he is a competitor.
justleesa:Sorry, but your view isn't the law