[mdlug-discuss] Copyright violations

[Ingles, Raymond]

I saw this article on Slashdot about two weeks ago:

 http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/09/1849230

 ...about companies using for commercial purposes pictures nabbed from
personal websites. I didn't think it would happen to me, but a couple days
ago I found this in a Google image search:

 http://www.engadget.com/2006/04/01/30-years-in-apple-products-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/2

 Search for "se/30" on that page, and then compare to the picture on:

 http://ingles.homeunix.net/websrv/

 I appreciate their rationale for not linking to my site, but they could
have (by law, should have) dropped me a note asking for permission to copy
the photo. I got no notification whatosever, and it's been almost two years
since the article was posted.

 Y'all might want to do some image searches of your own.

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                        (313) 227-2317

 "All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda
   system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that
    they are helpless, that the only role they can have is to
        ratify decisions and to consume." -- Noam Chomsky
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