Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]H. Ball Arche wrote: >Seth wrote: >"It is very wrong indeed to take > someone else's work without permission" > >Well, you'd have to explain to me how anything has been taken. Was Lluis's >webpage hijacked and moved somewhere? Did someone present his pictures as >their own? > >It's as if, standing in a public library I told someone 'if you go two rows >over and three shelves down you'll find a really great book full of maps of >India', or 'drive by 1234 Maple street in Maxwell House New York and you'll >see a prime example of Prairie Architecture'. > > Then you will trust me and buy my FLWright house at my price ;-) >Nobody has taken anything - someone has simply made the benefits of their >research available. That's just what the Web does. > >If you don't want strangers looking at your pictures, DON"T PUT THEM ON THE >WEB. Or, if you want to have at least some limited control, post them in a >place like the LUG gallery, which Brian has made to be non-searchable. > > >--- On Sat, 1/17/09, Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > > > >>From: Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Found on e-Bay >>To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 6:58 AM >>Sorry to disagree. Strongly. It is very wrong indeed to take >>someone else's work without permission and, in this >>case, without even notice to the owner, which Luis is, and >>use it for one's advantage. The legal term is >>misappropriation and although it might not be actionable as >>a practical matter, is it wrong both legally and morally. >> >>just my 2c. >> >>Seth >> >>----- Original Message ----- From: "H. Ball >>Arche" <h_arche@yahoo.com> >>To: "Leica Users Group" >><lug@leica-users.org> >>Sent: Friday, January 16, 2009 6:40 PM >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Found on e-Bay >> >> >> >> >>>Personally I don't think the seller has done >>> >>> >>anything out of line. >> >> >>>In the last few years whenever I've gone to buy a >>> >>> >>new lens I've researched it by looking at galleries that >>have the lens I'm interested in as a tag. Effectively, >>when you put that gallery together as being shot with that >>lens, you created a sort of billboard for it in a very >>public place. >> >> >>>I don't think you should expect to be asked for >>> >>> >>permission if somebody else wants to make a link to your >>site, although it would have been nice had he given you a >>credit line in his ebay listing. >> >> >>>--- On Fri, 1/16/09, Lluis Ripoll >>> >>> >><luisripoll@telefonica.net> wrote: >> >> >>>>From: Lluis Ripoll >>>> >>>> >><luisripoll@telefonica.net> >> >> >>>>Subject: [Leica] Found on e-Bay >>>>To: "Leica Users Group" >>>> >>>> >><lug@leica-users.org> >> >> >>>>Date: Friday, January 16, 2009, 3:25 PM >>>>Hi all, >>>> >>>>I've saw this on e-bay, a Cooke Amotal like >>>> >>>> >>mine: >> >> >>>> >>>> >>http://cgi.ebay.es/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310115966255 >> >> >>>>On the advertising it is a link showing the >>>> >>>> >>pictures with >> >> >>>>this lens, I saw it... and this is my Gallery with >>>> >>>> >>this >> >> >>>>lens!, please look at "Please visit this >>>> >>>> >>link..." >> >> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=848443 >>>> >>>>What do you think? it is correct ? >>>> >>>>Of course internet is a open window to the >>>> >>>> >>world...., but I >> >> >>>>didn't expect this... >>>> >>>>Saludos cordiales >>>>Lluis >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>_______________________________________________ >>>>Leica Users Group. >>>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug >>>> >>>> >>for more >> >> >>>>information >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>Leica Users Group. >>>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>> >>> >>more information >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com >>Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.10.8/1898 - Release >>Date: 1/16/2009 3:09 PM >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>Leica Users Group. >>See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more >>information >> >> > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > >