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| Thread ID: 77538 | 2007-03-13 07:15:00 | unwatermarked photos on the net | lance4k (4644) | PC World Chat |
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| 532598 | 2007-03-13 07:15:00 | unwatermarked photos on the net free of copyright? Is it normal for people like celebrities to put unwatermarked photos on the net? I have seen some people on other websites selling unwatermarked photos of celebrities and they say it's not copyrighted. is this true? | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 532599 | 2007-03-13 08:21:00 | Just because a photo doesn't have a watermark doesn't mean it isn't copyrighted. | maccrazy (6741) | ||
| 532600 | 2007-03-13 08:27:00 | ... I have seen some people on other websites selling unwatermarked photos of celebrities and they say it's not copyrighted. is this true? Yes. Everything you read on the internet is true. |
pine-o-cleen (2955) | ||
| 532601 | 2007-03-13 08:40:00 | Just because a photo doesn't have a watermark doesn't mean it isn't copyrighted. maccrazy is correct there. |
stu161204 (123) | ||
| 532602 | 2007-03-15 01:19:00 | EVERYTHING is protected by copyright for a statutory period . The copyright is owned by someone; the creator, or the creator's employer, or the creator's heirs, or someone the creator has sold the copyright to . It doesn't make any difference whether there is a "copyright" symbol and date or a watermark or any other "reminder" . Copyright exists in the object . Only if you have explicit permission from the copyright owner are you entitled to use the object . Some people give that permission with use of the "Creative Commons" or similar terms, which allow use with proper acknowledgement and some restrictions which protect the creator's rights . Sometimes an object is explicitly put into the public domain . But putting somthing on a web site does not put it in the public domain, just as publishing a book (or CD or DVD ;) ) does not . Is this so difficult to understand? |
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