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Debate:Is the use of copyrighted photographs without permission stealing? (view source)
Revision as of 01:43, April 17, 2007
, 01:43, April 17, 2007→Comment: Making a copy of something does not "steal" the thing which is copied.
:Related to this discussion is the fact that photographs of '''pre-existing works of art''' are not, in themselves, copyrightable. Though it could be argued that a compilation of such photographs as in a pictorial anthology or "coffee table" book could be copyrightable...but then unless you publish a significant portion of such a work it would likely fall under "fair use". [http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/36_FSupp2d_191.htm| Cite]<br>[[User:Rob Pommer| Cracker]]<sub>[[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]]</sub> 17:21, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
:Related to this discussion is the fact that photographs of '''pre-existing works of art''' are not, in themselves, copyrightable. Though it could be argued that a compilation of such photographs as in a pictorial anthology or "coffee table" book could be copyrightable...but then unless you publish a significant portion of such a work it would likely fall under "fair use". [http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/36_FSupp2d_191.htm| Cite]<br>[[User:Rob Pommer| Cracker]]<sub>[[User_talk:Rob_Pommer|talk]]</sub> 17:21, 14 April 2007 (EDT)
Making a copy of something does not "steal" the thing which is copied. Unlike literal [[piracy]], giving my friend a copy of Microsoftw Office doesn't violate the law against [[theft]]. To steal is to take away something from someone, so that he no longer has it. (Actually, stealing a car and returning it is still theft, but you get my drift.)
I need to write about [[free software]] and the [[GPL]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 21:43, 16 April 2007 (EDT)
==Yes==
==Yes==
Yes, the ''distribution'' of copyrighted, except as fair use, and that is what Conservapedia is doing. Don't get me started about piracy, though. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]<sup><code>([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]])</code></sup> 10:04, 15 April 2007 (EDT)
Yes, the ''distribution'' of copyrighted, except as fair use, and that is what Conservapedia is doing. Don't get me started about piracy, though. --[[User:Hacker|Hacker]]<sup><code>([[User talk:Hacker|Write some code]])</code></sup> 10:04, 15 April 2007 (EDT)