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| Subject: | Re: about copyrights |  |
| Date: | Jul 15, 2001 |
| From: | Kurt Laughlin | |
"Tony Vidana" wrote in message
> I have just posted a few more pics on my website of some of my models but
> was wondering about copyrights. I have about ten years worth of World War
> II magazines and in these mags are some excellent paintings of armor used
in
> their articles. I have scanned some of these pics and used them for
> thumbnails for pages of the models. I am wondering if since I am using
> these pics basically for myself and am only sharing these pics with my
> friends (you guys) then is it a copyright infringement? I am not selling
> anything on my site, not even banners. Do me a favor if you really don't
> the answer then don't respond. Thanks
Yes it is an infringement if you did not create the paintings nor own the
copyrights to them. Putting them on the Internet is essentially publishing
them again, as two recent Supreme Court decisions have emphasized.
KL |
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