Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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