Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]vTina, You have my sympathies, but I don't think there's a lot you can do. A website such as yours is open to all comers and a link is merely one person's recommendation that others take a look at your site. Since they're not using your images in their site they're not infringing on your copyrights. If you put your images on a site that is open to all, you can't really question why people choose to visit it and view your pictures - as distasteful as their reasons might be. BTW, I am an attorney but this is not an area I have any practical experience in. Internet law is still in its infancy and is filled with grey areas. I think a good analogy would be that if you published your pictures in a book - protected by copyright - you really couldn't stop anyone else from recommending that others buy your book, even if it was for reasons you didn't agree with. Or, if someone made a movie that they thought was good but was really horribly bad, they probably couldn't stop a link from a site that promised "bad" movies. (Not in any way to suggest that your photographs - which I looked at before writing this and like a great deal - have anything qualitatively in common with bad movies). When owners of websites start to say that it's okay for people to visit their site for some reasons but not for others, the web ceases to be an open environment. You could, of course, post some disclaimer or cautionary message on your site. Bryan ==++++++++++ An interesting point that Tina has raised. Personally, I don't care why people look at my pictures, just so they do. If I had to worry about what might be read into my pictures, or why people liked them, I would hardly have time to take them. Sincerely, Joe Stephenson