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>>265682 >If you PURPOSEFULLY take something from a store, you're arrested and tried for it, paying many times the cost of the item in court costs and damages.
Yes, but in the climate of the internet, this law is the equivalent of saying "I found this car in the parking lot - I asked and nobody around knew who it belonged to, so I took it". Add to the equation a friend who takes the tags off it first and tada! Instant non-provable theft.
>Anyone in the publishing business knows that you NEVER print anything unless you own the copyright for it, or have written authorisation from the owner. BWAHAHAHAHA.....
>The menucia of "public domain" images is made completely irrelevant by the internet, which im guessing is what this law is for.
No, this law is to make sure large entities have the money to protect and register their work, and everyone else can have their stuff stolen. This law ensures "guilty until caught", with the added bonus that if you're caught, the penalty is no worse than buying it. Now the internet is a wonderful microstock catalogue, with the bonus of being free.
>So make sure you stick your full copyright info in your EXIF data for anything you post here, fellas, cos if you dont, you might find it printed somewhere or shown on TV without possible recourse for decent payment for it's use.
Or make sure that your EXIF can't be stripped out by another poster and reposted later for the purpose of orphaning a work. Oh wait, YOU CAN'T.
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