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(...) Well, a couple thoughts here; first, there may be a completely innocent reason; the most obvious one I can think of is ignorance. I've found that at least half the time something like this gets done; especially on the net, the "offender" isn't (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Someone else seems to have had a problem with this whole situation too. The gallery in question is no where to be found and the accusational images the 2 VLC people posted ( rightly so imho )are erased as well. I agree that it was a (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Unfortunately, by uploading they are claiming ownership, according to the disclaimer, unless they clearly state otherwise. "All Gallery content is property of the uploader, unless otherwise stated" I also keep many pictures from other peoples' (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup it seems the situation has resolved itself. This was quite the discussion last night on the VLC list. I think it was more of an misunderstanding than stealing. The person who took the pics into their own gallery apparently operates (or has (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, glad to see everything was worked out, but my question is why did he not try to get the ok to use them? I know there have been times where I wanted to contact the owner of a pic to ask a question, tell how great I think it is, or (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) an okay site so far, so Cody keep up the good work and just link to pictures in the owner's gallery or ask permission before you post them to another site. I'm glad this time the issue got more attention than it did before. (23 years ago, 15-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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If the person was really making a website for commentary on MOCs then he really doesn't need permission to use the pictures. However, it is considered polite to ask. Posting them up on Brickshelf is another matter. Hard to say it was a "fair use" (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A commentary site is certainly a legitimate thing, HOWEVER, copying an entire BrickShelf folder for use on a such a site is stretching fair use. Fair use MIGHT justify copying one picture to illustrate the article, with a link to the (...) (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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(...) Probably to ensure that links wouldn't go dead. The easiest way to ensure that is to have the images in your control--divided sourcing has a tendency to fray the tree very quickly. LFB (23 years ago, 20-May-02, to lugnet.general)
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