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Poker Forums / The Rail / Re: In the news today...
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on: October 26, 2011, 09:55:01 AM
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I'm a bit reticent about all this.
When I post pics on blonde, they either belong to me - I took them - or blonde, which is fine, or, & most frequently, I go to google Images & lift one from there. It never occurs to me to pay anyone for them.
The blondepedia photos - the ones used by the Mail & Telegraph - were presumably lifted from google images, rather than directly from blonde, or THM.
Are not photos on google Images - unless they specificaly say "you may not use without permission", or are "wartermarked" - free to all to use?
If I "lift" a photo from google Images that came from the Daily Telegraph, for example, what is the difference?
Definitely not. Just because someone uses a photo/image in one place (a website, newspaper, etc.) doesn't mean it's royalty free for anyone to use. The photographer or the person who commissioned the photo usually owns the license for that image's use. Have a look at this image: http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/130024526/Chelsea-FCthat you might see on various news sites. Those sites are using that image under license, and for you to use it, you need to adhere to the licensing terms. Of course, an individual posting it on a poker forum isn't going to bother them too much, but if you're going to use it to try and sell newspapers it might attract their attention. You could argue that blonde is using such images to attract visitors and then make money from the display advertising on the site. Do a search on google for "john terry anton ferdinand video" and have a look at those videos on YouTube. You can't, because they've been pulled due to copyright. Really?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0LNlU0zYSgSee how long that one stays up Not quite in 60 seconds but it has gone. Daliy Mail have a habit of sometimes putting "Copyright: Internet" on their pilferred pics.
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