[thelist] quote from Webmonkey site re: copyrighted images

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Tue Aug 28 16:21:37 CDT 2001


Bob Boisvert wrote on 28/8/01 10:12 pm

>It sounds like you would be better off with a new image. To me, beyond
>recognition means a big blurred mess. If you take an image from a book,
>basically your plagiarizing it to the web. I believe copyright laws say that
>you have to make a specific reference to the origin of the information
>presented, so you would have to give the artists name, the book you got it
>from and any other pertinent information about it.

And as if by magic, there's a new article on the site covering
just this very point:
<http://www.evolt.org/article/thelist/20/15208/index.html>

Specifically:
>Q. If I attribute the work can I use it. 
>
>A. No, unless you have acquired permsission. Attribution does not relieve 
>you from getting permission to use a copyrighted work.

(Nice one, Dean)

Cheers
Martin

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