[mdlug-discuss] just because everybody does it...

[Robert Meier]

Peter,

>> http://www.dieselsweeties.com/print/?date=20080225
> Would that be copyrighted or can I legally use that for my screensaver?

It is copyright 2008 by R. Stevens (DieselSweeties.com).

The two are not exclusive.

The United States is one of the few countries in the world with
the Right of Free Speech, and also one of the few countries in the
world that has no Third Party Agreement with itself.

IANAL, if you are a citizen of the United States, operating under
United State jurisiction, the legal owner of the media (e.g. home
computer, not work or public computer), and have acquired the material
otherwise legally (e.g. downloaded it for view from a public site),
you are not legally prohibitted from using it for personal use (Fair Use
http://www.copyright.gov/fls/fl102.html) but cannot redistribute
(e.g. post the image rather than the url to mdlug) it (even if there is
no consideration, payment, or exchange), and you are obligated to
take reasonable steps (e.g. block spiders) to prevent someone else
redistributing it with or without your consent.

If practical, ask the author.  He is likely to appreciate the feedback.

R. Stevens, conveniently includes his email address in his copyright notice.
   mailto:rstevens3 at dieselsweeties.com, mailto:rstevens at lipsmackin.com

Ask yourself,
    o what do I make a living from?
    o and would I feel cheated,
      if someone did what I am comtemplating,
      with what I make a living from.

Hopefully helpful,
-- 
Bob

  "An engineer reports to the gates of hell and is let in.
   Pretty soon the engineer gets dissatisfied with the level of comfort
   in hell, and starts designing and building improvements.
   After a while they've got air conditioning and flush toilets and
   escalators, and the engineer is a pretty popular guy.
   One day God calls Satan on the telephone and says with a sneer,
   'So, how's it going down there in hell?'
   Satan replies, 'Hey, things are going great.
   We've  got air conditioning and flush toilets and escalators, and
   there's no telling what this engineer is going to come up with next.'  
   God replies, 'What??? You've got an engineer?
   That's a mistake -- he should never have gone down there;
   send him up here.'
   Satan says, 'No way. I like having an engineer on the staff,
   and I'm keeping him.'
   God says, 'Send him back up here or I'll sue.'
   Satan laughs uproariously and answers, 'Yeah, right.
   And  just where are YOU going to get a lawyer?'"
	-- unknown