Another great write up on this topic @dmcamera. Thanks for putting in the effort to further raise awareness. Based on the comments its clear that it is still a confusing and unknown topic for many, and of course with each new group of people joining us we have more people who don't understand copyright law.
I find it surprising how many people think copyright is an opinion! I hope they don't find out the hard way through a lawsuit.
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Thanks! As recently as last month, Alamy made a collection for me from an infringer. I did not even know that the image had been taken. I just got a surprise payment with explanation in my monthly statement! The agencies have a professional version of Tineye, and are constantly scanning the web for copyright violations. They take it very seriously, thank God! Those who pay the licensing fee are also being violated, because they trust that the image is only being used in certain ways! They are paying for certain rights that are often being violated!
What I omitted to say is the copyright is THE LAW, Believing you have the right to use anything you find on the Internet is OPINION!
There are 3 kinds of people in this regards in my opinion. There are those who are willing to learn and will not take images from the web anymore, because they have a moral conscience ; then there are those who may listen for a while and won't take images from the web because they are afraid of being caught; and then there are those who believe they have a right to everything they see and are not afraid of the consequences. I will never be able to change the minds of the second and third groups of people, but I can appeal to the consciences of the people in the first group.
yes, some people are beyond redemption. I remember someone ranting on youtube about getting sued for copyright infringement.. he was totally unapologetic and even annoyed it happened .. but not a hint about how he'd made a mistake or done wrong, he was just ranting about the injustice against him.. unbelievable.
Sigh! there's a comment at the beginning because someone Upvoted it, but I have no idea what it means! I was wondering if it was posted on the wrong post, because it doesn't appear to have any relevance to copyright infringement. Something about using Busy!
Yeah I don't understand that comment either..