I really don't know if anyone knows the "Right" answer, but here goes nothing. What are the legal ramaffications of using .jpg, .gif and.tif images found via search engines(google, yahoo, etc.) I would honestly like to know before I start throwing< img > tags on my pages. Any thoughts??
Justin
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Well, I'm not claiming to be an expert, but I'm fairly certain that once something is published onto the internet, it's copyrighted to the uploader, hence the term "published".
Usually people don't care though, so long as you don't steal their bandwidth.
If you wanted to be really safe/nice you could just find whoever owns the domain and send them an e-mail asking them if it's okay to use their image(s). The problem with that is if they don't respond, you've kind of gotten your answer even if they didn't intend it to be "no".
I realize I didn't really answer your question as clearly as I could have and it would have taken less effort actually.
Basically, if they actually cared and decided to press charges, we're probably talking to similar consequences as copyright infringement.
Why isn't there an edit button?
What ron said sounds right, although I personally wouldn't care if someone took an image from a webpage that I made :P
I would find it flattering.
Hi Justin,
I believe you would be infringing on their copyrights. It's the same for websites you may like. So, IF you're going to publish something on your web, think twice. Either contact the owner and ask their permission or download photos from royalty free sites. Some people will allow you to use their art work, photos etc if you link them on your site somewhere. That's the deal as far as I know.
Rosemarie
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