Re: [Leica] copyright violation

["animal" <s.jessurun95@chello.nl>]

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From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 1:21 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] copyright violation


> bdcolen responded:   -- copyright violation
>
>
> > Nothing on the net is safe.<<<<<
>
> Hi B.D.,
> And this has been one of my fears for years about posting photographs to a
> web site or openly on line at any time.
>
> No matter what anyone writes about copyright infringement etc and all the
> other threats if somebody uses the shot ..... it happens every day and
will
> continue to happen .........  as we have absolutely no idea or way of
> knowing who's down loading our photography!
>
> Any of you folks posting for PAW might as well kiss the image good bye or
> figure everytime you post one that's a cool photograph there are a bunch
of
> SOB'S out there, who if they like it, basically... "STEAL" it right off
the
> PAW site! :-(
>
> And unless you see it used, you have no idea it's been stolen. Hell in
some
> cases someone could be making a pile of money from one of your pictures,
> mean while you think you've posted a couple of neat photographs while some
> son of bitch has stolen it and selling it all over the place.
>
> And if it's in another country kiss it goodbye unless you have more money
> than you know what to do with and try to legally fight it through foreign
> courts.
>
> I'm sure there are ways to circumvent theft with some kind of software,
> however, there'll be someone who'll figure out how to get around it and
> steal your stuff anyway.
>
> So quite frankly I think each of us must take our own responsibility for
> posting photographs to the internet. If you're not prepared to have it
> stolen, don't post!
>
> ted

I,d be very happy if anybody really wanted to.
simon

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