Pictures from websites

[fjnjn2000]

Is it legal to put pictures on your site, which you have taken from the internet, or do you have to find the publisher and pay for the pictures? For instance, is it legal to use a random picture not for making money perse, but perhaps to demonstrate product or something?

 

[Shannara]

By the replies in this thread, you can easily tell the law biders from the criminals.

 

[lotsofissues]

I hope that was meant to be sarcastic.

If not, that may be the most irresponsible thing I've ever read in this forum.

It's true isn't it? In the cyber realm.

 

[lotsofissues]

Noticing the tension in the this thread the first time:

Im actually making an observation...despite how I make a declaration.

 

[jberryhill]

It's true isn't it? In the cyber realm.

I assumed you were being sarcastic as well. Were you being serious?


http://www.a-w.org/news/051600.htm
Plaintiffs sued the defendants for copyright infringement and for other claims based on their use of copyrighted photographs on their internet website relating to an adult entertainment business.
[...]
That all adds up to $100,000 in statutory copyright infringement damages per infringement for willful violations, up to $25,000 for each violation of Copyright Information management tampering, up to $1,000 each for violation of the Illinois Right of Publicity Statute, trebled as a sanction, together with costs and attorneys' fees, (not including damage claims on various other counts). Plaintiffs seek the maximum amount $1,407,000, plus $16,171.14 in fees both because the documented infringements undoubtedly understate by multiples the actual infringements and do not reflect secondary publication through downloading by internet users and because of the need to deter flagrant willful misuse. While we are sympathetic to plaintiffs' concerns, we think that figure is excessive in the absence of hard evidence of actual publication. We award $150,000 for copyright infringement, $150,000 for the tampering, $22,000 for the state violation, and $16,171.14 in fees, for a total of $338,171.14.

It's all fun & games until you have a judgement of more than a quarter million dollars against you.

 

[Shannara]

That sucks that the judge doesnt think the internet is "hard evidence", shame on him/her.

 

[Badger]

u want pic brothers and sisters go here.......

http://www.freefoto.com/index.jsp
http://www.freeimages.co.uk/

 

[lotsofissues]

John,

Yea I know... On a related note... enjoying the t-shirt?

 

[jberryhill]

"The photographs are free to private non-commercial users and for sale to other users."

The shirt is great. You should wake up earlier if you want to talk to people on the east coast.

 

[lotsofissues]

John,
TY for the attempt - my 4am-12pm sleep pattern isn't accomadating - I know.