Re: Where do we draw the line?

"Alienjones" <Alienjones@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Dudley Hanks wrote:
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> |
> | Now, Douglas, is that really called for?  Isn't the copyright notice
> on your
> | site sufficient protection on its own?
> |
> | Besides, I don't at present derive any photographically generated 
> income,
> | and, if I did, only images I have shot myself would be worth anything,
> | either to me or my customers.  Moreover, given that I have only about
2%
> | vision, wouldn't it be a bit obvious I've stolen someone else's work
if 
> I
> | were to present a technically perfect photograph as part of my 
> collection?
> |
> | Take Care,
> | Dudley
> |
> |
>
> Apparently Dudley People like some of those who offered you advise have
> no regard for the copyright or other people. One such person is Paul
> Furman who pretended to offer you advise on composition of your picture.
>
> He took some of my images, without my permission,

Fair Dealing...

illegally altered them

Analyzed them...

> without my consent and attempted to discredit my findings of an example
> of two different cameras, with thousands of dollars price difference not
> producing all that different a quality image with the altered images.

He had the audacity to disagree with you...

>
> Despite legal action being commenced today against his host, he figured

Again?  Shouldn't you wait for the last legal action you launched against 
his ISP to wrap up?

> he'd leave the evidence in place with just the index image removed. So
> yes... Reminding people reading this thread that my images are copyright
> and that I will pursue my intellectual property rights in protecting
> myself against such idiots is very timely.

A complete waste of time and bandwidth?

>
> I don't for a single moment suggest you are in the same gutter as he is.

No, my gutter is much colder...

> The warning was timely for the other idiots inhabiting these photo
> groups who think nothing is illegal on Usenet.

Sorry, couldn't think of anything humourous to end on...

Take Care,
Dudley