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Originally posted by PsychTau2
OK GC lawyers...please evaluate that statement.
I'm not a lawyer, but if you post a picture on the internet and it's downloadable/able to be copied/cut and pasted/etc, and it's not on a password protected site, isn't it public domain (or is that even the right word)? I understand copyright laws to say that I can't take someone elses picture off the web and claim that I was the photographer, but is there a law stopping me from copying that picture and posting it on other forums (*ahem*GC*ahem*) or using it on a presentation or just printing it out and hanging it in my office? Assume that I would give a proper credit line to the photographer or source of the photograph.
Personally, I think that if you post ANYTHING on a publically accessible site on the internet you run the risk of someone using it. That doesn't mean that I think we should be disciplining members for holding a cup in a picture, but if you're doing a keg stand in letters with your composite in the background of your dry chapter house, it definitely won't help your case.
The bottom line is to be smart about what you put out there.
PsychTau
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Nope. Which is why such things aren't supposed to be posted here- like copies of articles- per GC's TOS. It's like the MP3's- just because you have an MP3 of a song doesn't mean that you can give it out to whoever you want (in theory, lol, i'm just trying to find something to compare it to). Just because you buy a book from a store doesnt mean you can copy it and give it out to friends. It's someone else's work, even if you give credit to that person, without permission to post it, it is technically illegal.
I do agree that if you post something on the web you're taking the risk that someone will use it. However, it IS illegal and if someone chose to persue it, they would win.
Bottom line, I guess, is that just because some people do it doesn't mean it's legal.