Hi, folks.
I'm providing a URL to an Andover News story about a prima facie copyright
violation of a photographer's images which was ultimately found to be a
non-violation under the doctrine of 'fair use.' This may be of interest to any
one of us who post our images on the Web, although you should read the *entire*
story for context.
It can be found at:
http://www.andovernews.com/cgi-bin/news_story.pl?101675/topstories
It gives me pause, but not a lot. My legal training (such as it is) has always
told me that these cases are highly dependent on the facts, and there are very
few concrete guiding principles around when a copyright is violated or when
'fair use' can negate such a violation.
The long and the short of it is, if your images are posted on the Web, somebody
sooner or later may try to use them without compensating you in any way,
regardless of how many copyright notices you splash all over them. C'est la
vie.
Garth
"A bad day doing photography is better
than a good day doing just about
anything else."
The Unofficial Olympus Web Photo Gallery at:
http://www.taiga.ca/~gallery/
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