RadioBanter - Cunningham violates copyright law at new web site

Lloyd wrote:

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 04:53:21 GMT, Robert Casey wrote:

Lloyd wrote:

Jon Cunningham, K1TP, stole the picture he published at
http://myrockport.com/cover.jpg from

http://voy.voyeurweb.com/main/voe38/...078/index.html

even though, right above the stolen photo, is the clear warning: "The
photos below may only be downloaded for your private pleasure. You
may not republish them at another web site or anywhere else."

That makes Cunningham a thief and a copyright violator.

Maybe not. The photo still had the orginal attribution on it (the web
address)
and might be "fair use". You can quote or copy a small portion of a work
but be sure to mention where you got it from.

According to Stanford Law School's web page:

"Fair use is a copyright principle based on the belief that the public
is entitled to freely use portions of copyrighted materials for
purposes of commentary and criticism."

Cunningham was not using "a portion" of a photo, nor was he engaging
in any commentary or criticism of the photo. He was stealing it, and
he broke the copyright laws.

And by the way, there is nothing explicitly stated in the law about
attribution at all.

See
http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...er9/index.html
if you don't believe me.

As I said about Cunningham, *spit*

I admire Jon K1TP for the excellent work he has done with his website.
Keep up the good work Jon!

--
73

Frank K3EKO

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