Dear Alexey, As someone posted before, all that most folks want is to be asked before their work is used. I suspect Jim Boone feels that way, but the original post didn't mention permission or anything else, it just mentioned taking something off someone else web site and using it in your talk without any discussion of attribution. Conceptually this is basically the same as plagiarizing someone (i.e. passing their work off as your own), a practice that I hope you wouldn't condone. It also is unrealistic to suggest that because your work is displayed then it is legitimate for someone to use it without permission. Copyright law certainly says otherwise. It be nice if the discussion could be dialed down a bit in tone.
Sincerely, G2 To Jim and others who are easily pissed: > > Don't put your work on the web. If you post it on the web in open access - > then it is open access. You can't at the same time use the web to show off > and expect that nobody will want to use your photos (especially if they are > good). If you wish to restrict the use of your photos - then make it clear > and restrict access. > > We all work hard but some of us actually feel good when others find our > work good enough to use and our ideas smart enough to further disseminate > for the common good. > > -- Gary D. Grossman, PhD Distinguished Research Professor - Animal Ecology Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA 30602 http://www.arches.uga.edu/~grossman Board of Editors - Animal Biodiversity and Conservation Editorial Board - Freshwater Biology Editorial Board - Ecology Freshwater Fish G. Grossman Fine Art http://personal.negia.net/grossman
