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Image Sleuth / Need some advice on possible image theft?
« on: October 25, 2011, 11:12 »
I recently ran across a website that you could say is a competing website to my own. The site claims to be non-profit or always brought to you 100% free. Clearly the site being run is an extension of this guy's day job. Not to mention littered with ads in every available space. The problem, I end up paying for the few images I get from places like the Associated Press and Getty, while this guy just takes thousands and thousands of images off of the web that you can easily find in a web search, like Google. The majority of these images seem to come from newpaper articles and university websites. He doesn't offer copyright info or a courtesy link. Just takes and uses.
I don't believe what he is doing falls under the fair use act but I could be wrong. Which is why I'm here. I need some advice. I don't believe what he is doing is legal and I don't want to be in the same boat as he, by stealing images illegally. However, if what he is doing is not a crime, then I guess that means I can do it, too.
Help?
I don't believe what he is doing falls under the fair use act but I could be wrong. Which is why I'm here. I need some advice. I don't believe what he is doing is legal and I don't want to be in the same boat as he, by stealing images illegally. However, if what he is doing is not a crime, then I guess that means I can do it, too.
Help?