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From: "Tapani Tarvainen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: EOS copyright question
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 12:53:57PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
If I keep a copy of your, or anyones photo, is this a violation of
copyright laws? I might show it to someone else, but not send, sell, or
misrepresent it as my work.
Is this a "gray" area?
No. As long as it's for strictly personal use, it is perfectly legal.
(Granted I don't know all copyright laws in all countries, but I do
know quite a few, and none I know would consider that illegal.)
If you circumvent some copy protection trick to get it, _then_
you're in gray area, legality will depend on jurisdiction and
various fine details. Also, if you display it _in public_, you
might get in trouble with the law. But privately, to personal
friends and relatives, no problem.
--
Tapani Tarvainen
Pick up "Law (In Plain English) for the Photographer" by Leonard DuBoff. An
invaluable resource for photographers and those who show photographs.
Skip Middleton
www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
www.pbase.com/skipm
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