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RE: RE: [Digital BW] Image use

2002-05-06 by Austin Franklin

Steve,

And you base that on what?  As I said, it is EXACTLY the same as owning a CD
and making a tape from some of the songs on the CD.  Are you claiming that
(making a copy of a CD to tape) is not legal...because it is, and the courts
have upheld it.

Austin

> This is not correct. If you own a photo you can
> hang any were you like, but you can not copy it
> unless you own the copy right.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> I don't believe size or quality matter at all, it is
> completely within your
>
> rights to make a copy of something you own
> and display it.� Of course, it
>
> would be questionable if you make twenty
> copies and put one in each room of
>
> your house, and especially if you gave them
> away, but making ONE, of an
>
> image you already own a copy of, and putting
> the book on the shelf, I
>
> believe, is entirely within the scope of fair use.
>
>
> > None the less, if you like
>
> > someone elses
>
> > work enough to adorn your home with it,
> "I" believe you should pay for.
>
>
> Absolutely, but the poster DID in fact pay for
> it.� He said he had a book
>
> that had that very image in it.
>
>
> Austin

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