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Posted by carolyn on 01/03/06 00:10
Rob McAninch wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz>:
>> __/ [carolyn] on Sunday 01 January 2006 04:54 \__
>
>>>Just to be repetitious, if you don't want it stolen, don't put it on the
>>>net. The scripts may make it more difficult, but the don't make it
>>>impossible.
>
>> This can definitely reduce the amount of stealing nonetheless. It deters
>> the mediocre user from stealing.
>
> The user it deters is most likely not doing any damage. Perhaps
> wanting to email the image to a friend or use it as wallpaper (which
> is still not legal unless you grant those rights). And then there's
> the users that it challenges. Those are the users that are somewhat
> more damaging, as they may try defacing the website as well or just
> be annoying.
>
Then there is also those users who want to copy it for educational or
research purposes. Both of which are legal by Canadian copyright law.
There could be a question of jurisdiction, if I sit at my computer in
Canada and copy a photo, block of text, or whatever, (for educational
purposes) from a website in the States, is my action in Canada and therefor
legal, or is it in the states and therefor subject to American law?
Anyways, you are correct - the users that can be deterred by scripts are
probably not the ones to be concerned about.
Carolyn
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