Re: Image legality

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Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com> 

I would honored if someone across the world found something on my website
to be so good they copied it to there website.  Besides, He is one of your
members.
Would you really sue one of your members for using a generic drawing of a
bucket cap?
Come on, It's not like he posted schematics for a top secret ufo propulsion
system.

Steve Vance
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Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 7:52 PM
Subject: Image legality


 > Original poster: "Chris Boden" <cboden-at-thegeekgroup-dot-org>
 >
 >
 > Hi All,
 >      As many of you know, the Geek Group avidly supports the dissemination
of
 > scientific and technical knowledge by all legitimate means. All pictures,
 > texts, and diagrams on our web site are published with the permission of
the
 > author(s) and credits are posted to the extent possible.  We usually have
no
 > objections to anyone copying pictures and quoting text as long as sources
 > are cited and appropriate credit given. However, copying from our site
 > without permission, removing credit lines, and publishing materials on
 > another website as one's own, is intellectually and professionally
unethical
 > and, in the case of copyrighted materials, also illegal, even
 > internationally.
 >
 > Because pursuing remedy claims internationally through the legal system is
 > very slow, painful, and costly, we are asking the members of TCML, the
 > largest peer-review TC group, to consider this several-year-old
illustration
 > from our website:
 >    http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap/
 >
 > and compare it to this recent website:
 > http://free-kc.htnet.hr/Kreso-Bukvic/Izrada%20VN%20kondezatora.htm
 >
 >     and use whatever peer pressure they may be able to exert to remedy
this
 > situation without our having to seek legal recourse.
 >      While we realize that sometimes a copy of a copy of a copy of
something
 > may inadvertently be displayed without permission/credits However direct
 > plagiarism with deliberate editing out of names/logos is difficult to see
as
 > accidental.
 >
 > Sincerely,
 >
 >
 > The Geek Group Board
 >
 >
 >