Probably the folks who do not understand the ownership issue have never sold
their picts. Even though mine sell for a little bit of money, it has
sensitized me to the copyright issues.
Not everyone is aware.
Martha Stoodey (Molly Day)
On Jan 5, 2008 5:50 PM, Susan B wrote:
> I don't know about all cases, but in my case I have a notice on each and
> every page of my website: *All photos copyrighted, please ask permission
> before using.
> *Most photos, even those on google images, can be traced to a web site.
> And most web sites have contact information on them.
> Or, and this requires a bit more work, go to http://www.whois.net/
> type in the website addresss, and see if the contact registrant
> information is available.
> *
> *
> *Tere Baber * wrote:
>
> I have been guilty of this as until recently I was informed that picts
> have implied copyrights. I truly didn't know it was against the rules. Some
> picts say copyright but most don't so I think the majority of the time they
> are honest mistakes. Of course using an incorrect pict isn't very bright.
> How does one contact a pict owner when there is no name to contact?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Susan B
> *To:* Aroid L
> *Sent:* Friday, January 04, 2008 8:13 PM
> *Subject:* [Aroid-l] flowersforme123- another photo stealer
>
> The seller flowersforme123 has used photos stolen from my website on quite
> a few of her auctions.
> 200133350054, 200133347754, 200133348402, 200133349756, 200133513649,
> 200133351248, 200133351560, 200133355503, 200133355900, 200133356435,
> 200133505052, 200133505219, 200133508875, 200133509578, 200133513268,
> 200133513649,
>
> When I contacted her initially (I thought she used only two photos in two
> auctions) she denied it, and then said she gets 99% of her images from
> Google Images!
> D'OH!
>
> Then I get this- (in part)
> . it was a mistke... your the first oerson who has ever emailed me like
> this so i dont want to ever offend you... can i ask you a question.. why do
> folks get so mad at folks using their photos...
>
> The funniest thing is, the photos she stole are NOT of the plants she is
> trying to sell.
>
> So, whattya going to do? I can't see the problem getting any better- only
> worse!
> Susan
>
>
>
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