Intellectual Property

[Tony Terceira <terceira at ride_ri.net>]

         Hi All,

                 Is it possible that people do not understand the issues of 
intellectual property and copyright ?  I have  seen so many photographs 
located all over the web which do not belong to the site holder.  I have 
visited numerous Yahoo type albums of photographs and have been amazed at 
the plethora of photos which belong to other people and yet are displayed 
on a site.

                 Photos which clearly are copyrighted, photos which clearly 
contain the author's name , and yet they all appear without any concern for 
the rights of the property owners.  Is is possible that people believe that 
if they copy a photo and leave the copyright logo and authors name on the 
photos that they have the right to use the photo in any way they wish??

                 Has the ease of moving and copying intellectual property 
become so easy that people using the web believe that the material on the 
web is in the public domain and belongs  to anyone who stops buy a site?

                 Perhaps people think that the owners of intellectual 
property should feel proud that their material was chosen to be stolen.  I 
do not think most people would mind allowing some of their work to appear 
in print, but it would certainly be nice to ask if permission is available.

                 Just because technology has made stealing easy , it has 
not made it legal.  One has no rights to another person's intellectual 
property regardless of the intended use.  Why  is it so difficult 
to  understand this simply idea?????


                 Tony



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