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I don't know if everybody is aware of this, but whenever you use the "Image" function and put in a link to an image somewhere else on the 'net, SB actually downloads and hosts that image.
While inline-linking other peoples' images or videos is somewhere in the grey zone WRT copyright (heck, YouTube even encourages such practice), hosting and displaying other peoples' images or videos without prior approval are considered a clear breach of copyright.
So remember that whenever you use the "Image" function with a picture someone else has published, you are in fact breaching copyright, since SB silently downloads that picture and hosts it on scubaboard.com Which neither you nor SB have any right to do unless it has been approved by the copyright owner.
While inline-linking other peoples' images or videos is somewhere in the grey zone WRT copyright (heck, YouTube even encourages such practice), hosting and displaying other peoples' images or videos without prior approval are considered a clear breach of copyright.
So remember that whenever you use the "Image" function with a picture someone else has published, you are in fact breaching copyright, since SB silently downloads that picture and hosts it on scubaboard.com Which neither you nor SB have any right to do unless it has been approved by the copyright owner.