Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>__/ [ Erik Funkenbusch ] on Wednesday 07 June 2006 19:25 \__
>
>> So, it appears that Roy is using images on his blog that he has wholesale
>> copied from the authors without permission.
>>
>> I noticed this on this article:
>>
>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/03/03/scoble-given-up/
>>
>> Interesting that he credits the image author (for that one), but he
>> neglected to actually get the authors permission to copy it. I was
>> supsicious that this might be the case and emailed the author to find out.
>> He confirmed that it was copyright infringement.
>>
>> If he had merely linked to the image, it would have been more acceptable,
>> since he wouldn't have actually copied the image. However, that would beg
>> the bandwidth stealing argument of linking to images on other peoples
>> sites.
>>
>> In any event, I have to wonder how many other images on his site have been
>> similarly misappropriated. Many of them have no credits at all.
>>
>> Bummer for you Roy.
That's very ironic, coming from someone as ethically-challenged as
you, Erik.
You never did answer me why it's okay for you to, without asking,
publicize other people's personal information, but if a person chooses
to publicize personal information about himself, it is
"inappropriate".
Hypocrite.
>The cartoon has the creator acknowledged, with an explicit link. As the
>"About Site" page states, all graphics were created by myself or taken from
>Stock Exchange, which is a royalty-free image stock where no restrictions
>are imposed.
>
>On HotLinking: for your information, I have had E-mail exchanges with John
>Dvorak, who HotLinks all the time. He keeps defending his stance. Among all
>the sites on the Web, my sites make no copyright infringements and I am very
>strict about this, even when my contributers insist otherwise.
Bummer for you, Erik.
>If you need to put my full name in the subject line to get my attention, then
>you are utterly miserable. And as your nickname suggests, you are also a
>weasel.
That's an insult to weasels everywhere.
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