Re: REF: copyright theft

Laurie,
Maybe it's the part where you say you freely share your iris photos that
confuses some. As far as the analogy of coming and digging from your
garden....it seems to me you have put the stuff in a container on a
public highway, out for public consumption, and then demanded payment
when they used it? If you have photos that you feel are that valuable,
maybe you should keep it to yourself, write a book and try to sell it.
Personally,  I don't think you should offer it and then demand
satisfaction if someone stops to admire it or shares it. That is what
this kind of group are for, I think. People who want to make money should
consider other ways. 

I could have totally misunderstood your post too Laurie but I'd sure like
to know if that is really what you meant. I think there are people who
may share your opinion about the use a person makes of freely shared
material. No doubt the court system will spend years deciding the issue.
I wonder if that point of view will make the courtesy acknowledgement of
something a risk or liability instead of a compliment. Maybe list owners
like John need to consider making the "free sharing" of information and
photos a prerequisite to posting? Or go to a pay per view if they'd
rather have that option.

There are neighborly gardeners who share stuff and there are others
wanting compensation after they've shared. Any then there are busy bodies
like me who try to figure everything out! I gotta get outside more.

Way  Too Confused
Char Randall
Melba, Idaho


On Fri, 10 Sep 04 10:14:14 -0600 laurief <laurief@paulbunyan.net> writes:
> 
> Thank you, Bob, for making this point.  I freely share my own iris 
> photos 

 >When the photos they steal are mine, I do NOT 
> respond 
> sweetly.  I have requested and received 
> compensation in larger cases, I have even had web sites shut down 
> where 
> the theft was clearly intentional and malicious. 
>  Why is it that everyone 
> else who has used my photos to promote their own iris sales believes 
> 
> theft is fine and dandy???  Would they feel the same if I entered 
> their 
> gardens with shovel in hand to help myself?  I doubt it!
> 

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