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ORIGINAL: minnetar



Rich it is all good. i find it amusing that folks get so upset about copyright abuse and try to defend their usage.  i find it even more amusing for me to stand up for it and others attack. What is the morality and sense of what is  right and wrong  yall trip me out with the gang mentality when yall are wrong.


minnetar

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ORIGINAL: domiguy

Because I know lots of artists.....and by "lots" I mean..."two" and by "artists" I mean.... "women that can deep throat the Domidong."

I will try to find an avatar that would be appropriate, and by "be appropriate" I mean ..."make women want to be at my whim.."

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ORIGINAL: bandit25

LOL!  I thought it was just me that thought she whined.

Noooooooooooooooooooooo...

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Can you copyright a picture of a tree or an insect?
 
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Of course you can. It's an artwork, a piece of intellectual property, and the copyright rests with the photographer or artist, unless they assign it to somebody else.
However the copyright is in the picture, not the subject.    Anyone else is free to take another picture of the same subject, and the copyright in that picture will be theirs.  If you were to set out to copy the original picture precisely, that might be open to question, especially if you did it for commercial gain.
 
 
 

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If Mark Twain was still alive would he be taking legal action if I didn’t credit him with the above quote?

 
I'm quoting you above...  would you consider it appropriate to take action?
There is a provision in the copyright laws that allows you to quote extracts from a work, for the purpose of review or as a reference... and most people really don't mind being quoted, as long as they're credited.  Take my works out of context, claim them as your own, sell them and don't pay me, and I'll reach for my attorney.  Quote me as an authority, or even politely disagree with me, and I'll purr... 

< Message edited by pgashlie -- 5/27/2007 7:04:00 AM >

(in reply to FullCircle)

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ORIGINAL: pgashlie

I'm quoting you above...  would you consider it appropriate to take action?
There is a provision in the copyright laws that allows you to quote extracts from a work, for the purpose of review or as a reference... and most people really don't mind being quoted, as long as they're credited.  Take my works out of context, claim them as your own, sell them and don't pay me, and I'll reach for my attorney.  Quote me as an authority, or even politely disagree with me, and I'll purr... 

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 As you were told repeatedly in email, we've paid license fees for the avatar packs we use in these forums with the exception of a handful of user contributed ones they claimed to hold copyright on.  If you know of avatars that are being used without the permission of the creator, please bring them to our attention.  Otherwise, stop the baseless accusations now.  

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ORIGINAL: Gauge
It never ceases to amaze me when it is clear that you won't change someones mind that people keep trying to do just that.

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ORIGINAL: earthycouple

wow this went from fun to freakin stupid in a page or two didn't it?  Well...everyone wants to be able to grab a post quickly based on the pic or avatar and here I am I just changed mine again....wonder if I should go back to the red corset and boot picture....

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ORIGINAL: minnetar
...  Art is licensed and i will not use the art illegally anymore.  Someone chooses to use a piece of art then they better have asked the artist whether they have permission...

edited by moi

First of all, not all art is licensed. There are also various types of licensing... for example, the artwork you get from Microsoft for their programs (Windows Messenger, Powerpoint, etc.) is licensed. If you read the Terms of Use/Agreement, you'll see that they are granting YOU the right to use the art in ways that are compatible with the usage of their programs. Sometimes, this includes sharing (on Messenger, if someone uses an emoticon, and you like it but don't have it, you can add it to your collection - this is a feature of Messenger, created by the creators of Messanger, and so expected by those creators). What you can't do is claim that the art is yours and sell it to others.

In CM's instance, the majority of the avatars are likely part of a bundled package (Facebook, MySpace, and others offer the same thing to their users), for all who are members of CM to use. Sort of like Messenger art, as per above. Also, if you read the link that BBBTBW so kindly provided, you'll see the following message:

"If you are an artist who would like to contribute more than 10 avatars of your own creation for our use please feel free to contact me on the site."

This means that artists can submit their art for others to use, as per CM guidlines. Since there seems to be quite a few new avatars popping up since I joined, I'd hazard a guess that some people *gasp!* have acutally submitte art! I doubt these artists are so naive as to think that their work won't be used by others on this site... afterall, that is what Mod1 is offering TO SHOWCASE YOUR ART AS AVATARS ON THE SITE.

I'm about done. Didn't mean for this to get so long .

Final point - if the legality of this site bothers you so much, why use it? If you are so concerned about copyright issues and being sued, wouldn't you be concerned with being charges with being an accessory? Just curious.

The End.

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ORIGINAL: susie

Nicely said Mikal

However you have about as much hope of said person reading this and taking it in as I have of sleeping with George Clooney. A major case of head banging I think but not in a good way. Sometimes it amazes me how a thread can take such a bad turn so quickly. But I suppose that is what make this place so interesting.