----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Maxey
The bottom line is ask first and if you want to use the IP of others, ask
for
permission, and hope that is enough. Always assume the image is NOT in
the
PD unless it can be proven.
Actually, I tend to assume that ANY image posted on the web will at some
point or other be stolen by someone either for personnal or for commercial
usage - without the rightful owner being ever informed.
Then, if you want to protect your work from theft, you should consider the
following:
1. Do not ever make your best images available at large on the web.
2. If you nonetheless want to show these images on your site, for
commercial or other reasons, keep them in a secured-access area of your
site. Assume that this secure area will eventually be hacked.
3. Even paranoid people have enemies and/or get their work stolen...
Best,
Guy Glorieux
