Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:52 PM 3/27/2008, you wrote: >I read this differently.... > >I believe it's only referring to image content that you place into >public folders, not any images that you work on using the free >software, or store privately. In other words the only images that >fall within this disclaimer would be those public folders that you >are knowingly sharing/placing into the public domain, which >absolutely anyone can freely access via the site. > >Obviously if you are putting them into public domain in the first >place... you've already waived your rights and really should have no >right to later claim any infringement by Adobe. > >The moral of the story is don't place photos (or files) into public >folders... > >Duane (I choose carefully who I give my images to) Birkey Duane - The newest sources for "free" stock photos are sites like Flikr and MySpace where people post their photos and big advertising companies download and use them instead of paying a legitimate stock agency or professional photographer. The advertising agencies have also gotten into lots of trouble when they use unreleased photos. Just because you post photos on the internet does not mean that they are in the public domain. Yet. There is an "Orphan Rights" bill proposed now in Congress that would give anybody rights to any photo that doesn't include identification. It's so easy to strip identification from photos that if that bill passes, no one will be able to post any photos anywhere unless they want to give away the rights. It's getting harder and harder to make a living as a photographer!! Tina