The Curator
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 08:22 PM
It's only illegal if you then try to resell the work, or publish it without permission. Once an image is displayed in your browser it is already saved on your computer. By doing 'save as' you're simply saving it in a more permanent fashion. |
Citizen Premier
in spite of public outcry
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 10:02 PM
It's the same with downloading music, it's not illegal (I think), but since it's saved to your shared folder, other can download it and that makes it illegal. |
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Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2005 | 11:19 PM
Eh...I don't know that the comparison between saving images and downloading music is an apt one. Saving an image (even copyrighted!) in and of itself is not, to my knowledge, illegal. Perhaps I'm wrong here, but I don't believe it is. As Alex says, the illegality is when you actually use it for some nefarious purpose of your own. (Nonprofit educational use--a class lecture, for example--is usually legal.) Saving it to your computer, and then putting it on, say, Photobucket and putting it on your webpage would be illegal. Printing out the photo and selling it is illegal. Making it into a Livejournal avatar would be illegal. But just having it saved on your computer and not doing anything with it except looking at it is not illegal.
Downloading copyrighted music, on the other hand, is in and of itself illegal. But the thing with that is that it's very difficult to catch people who are simply downloading music. It's much, much easier to catch (and make a legal case) against people who are uploading copyrighted files to thousands of users. The music industry police may someday come after individual downloaders, but for the time being, you're fairly safe as long as you only download music and never upload it. It's still illegal, but the legal authorities are almost certainly not going to catch you at it. (Not, of course, that I condone such shocking illegality...heh.) |
Boo
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 05:05 AM
What's the legal status of saving an image, printing it off, and putting it on your wall?
Y'know, just curious...
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X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 08:11 AM
Massive prison time. I wouldn't do it!!! Think "Martha Stewart". Actually, I don't like Martha Stewart and I am tired of hearing her name.
Big Deal. She goes to a prison called "Camp Cupcake". Give me a break.
Honestly, you can print any image and do what you like as long as it is for personal use. Now, if you start to use the image for profit or use it to advertise anything, you need permission. |
The Curator
in San Diego
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 08:16 AM
But your local copy shop probably isn't going to print it for you unless you have some kind of copyright permission. Copy shops are massively uptight about copyright. |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
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Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2005 | 08:34 AM
Umm, somehow I do not equate Martha the Evil with massive prison time.
Now, someone like Robert Hansen (think Alaska serial killer) brings long sentences to mind. I just checked, and his sentence was 461 years. |
LaMa
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 | 10:17 AM
quote: "But your local copy shop probably isn't going to print it for you unless you have some kind of copyright permission. Copy shops are massively uptight about copyright'
Is it really that bad in the US? Here in the Netherlands a copy shop doesn't give a damn about what you print, as long as it are not fake banknotes or child porn. |
X
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Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2005 | 10:23 AM
Law suits are passed out like Candy here. It's the American way. Kinda a get rich quick skeem. |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 02:29 AM
I've never had a problem with copy shops, but a supermarket who does printing onto cakes got very panicked when I took an image there for work, they printed it without asking, and then I couldn't find the copyright permission letter.
I love my job. |
Maegan
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 08:21 AM
...You can do that here...but you can't do any pics that were done professionaly. Techincally the company "owns" it. It's my damn face. They should pay ME royalties or something. |
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 08:21 AM
Onto a CAKE? Oh, man, that's harsh. Maybe they're afraid they'll get busted by...whatever authorities are in charge of copyright violations. Wouldn't that be great? "This is the copyright authorities! Put your hands up and hand over the cake and no one gets hurt." Heh... |
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 08:26 AM
It's not like we weren't going to eat the evidence anyway... |
Charybdis
in Hell
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:02 AM
That's the whole point Boo. Destroying evidence of a crime is illegal. Shame on you. |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:05 AM
It might be better if we didn't associate ourselves with Boo anymore. She seems to be a BAD influence. |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:13 AM
I am ashamed. Very, very ashamed.
Please don't shop me to the CLA. Please?
Incidentally, it was for a press launch, so does that mean that all the bigwigs are in on it? |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:22 AM
Well, If I knew what the "CLA" was, I might consider it. |
Boo
in The Land of the Haggii...
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:25 AM
I had to google it myself. |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:35 AM
I googled it. This is what I found.
Canadian Library Association;
Country Land & Business Association;
Copyright Licencing Agency;
Computer Law Association;
Which one of these were you scared of Boo??? |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:37 AM
It must be those of us Canadians who like to read. |
X
in McKinney, TX
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:42 AM
I want to move to Canada!!!!!! |
Boo
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 09:45 AM
Yup, nothing scarier than a literary Canadian.
Mind you, they probably don't have jurisdiction over here. |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 10:35 AM
Yes, but the CLA has a secret underground "scotland" squad that nobody knows...
Disregard last statement.
The CLA is a peace loving organization who doesn't concern itself with overseas matters. Really, I'm not just trying to make you forget that we have a secret squad... |
Charybdis
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Posted: Thu Mar 17, 2005 | 11:08 AM
CLA stands for Corn Liberation Army, duh. |
