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Message # 26883 Subject: Copyright issue Date: Tue 16/01/07 06:58:28 GMT Name: MaK |
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The copyright problem has always been a very delicate issue. From a strictly legal point of view there is no doubt that e.g. post #26881 is illegal although there is no international Internet law. However, in my wildest imagination I cannot think of anyone who can be so naive as to think that if a picture has been published in a public area of the Internet (no license or subscription required) it will not be copied. In fact, you are not even allowed to save a picture on your hard disk without permission (a license or a subscription usually gives you that right), so we are all lawbreakers, and what good is a law, which everybody breaks and is impossible to enforce in any court of law? At least one wetlook producer even publish video clips from TV stations etc., to which a license may be required, and at the same time try to enforce copyright for this (stolen) material.
In the lack of any international Internet law, I think that it is time to find a reasonable compromise for the whole wetlook community - including the producers! My personal suggestion is:
All material, to which a license or subscription is required (wetlook producers, TV-stations etc.), must only be copied according to the rules of the license or subscription. All other material must be copied provided that it is not in any way image processed (cropped, water mark removal etc.).
With such an agreement it will be possible to make wetlook albums and videos like the one in post #26881 to the benefit of us all.
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