Posted by Neredbojias on 02/12/34 11:29

With neither quill nor qualm, Luigi Donatello Asero quothed:

> > > May-be you would not worry about it but that would not necessarily mean
> that
> > > it would be legal.
> >
> > So? What do you think I am, a saint?
>
> Did I say that?

People don't always say what they think, especially Italians. I knew
this pizza maker once who confided that pizza pies reminded him of
clumps of gooey, blood-specked barf in pools of translucent mucus, but
of course he didn't say that to his customers.

> Personally, I think anything on
> > the web should be available to anyone for any use except making a profit
> > in the strictest sense. The Web is now free
>
> I suppose you have to ask for permission in Sweden to use a photo for
> example, even if you have a private homepage, unless it is specified
> otherwise on the website.

I suppose that is indeed the consensus of opinion and probably the
proper procedure and possibly even the law, but is it synergistically
equitable? The Web is like no other medium before, and "publishing" on
the Web is quite different from publishing elsewhere. I definitely do
not believe that using an image from another web site for non-commercial
purposes is equivalent to republishing another rag's graphics in hard
form, nor do I believe that most so-called site "copyrighted" images are
actually that at all. This is not in reference to you or your map
image; I am speaking of the norm.

> and I hope it remains so
> > for a long time.
>
> But laws are generally not decided only by one person, are they?

Decided: no. Fomented: more often than you might think. And people are
so gullible. Perhaps that bird on your web site is apropos after all.

--
Neredbojias
Contrary to popular belief, it is believable.

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