Until the goverment would pay me for doing their law enforcement I wouldn't worry about it. It's a different matter for selling tobacco or alcohol to minors.
While not being a scofflaw, the law and penalties are a bit of a joke. Right now how many bootleg DVD's are out here on e-bay, made by U.S. citizens, and all of them are liable to the FBI for $250,000 and x years in prison? Tom C. >From: graywolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: DMCA Takedown (was Stolen Photos) >Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 22:32:44 -0400 > >No your are not. Since when is law enforcement your job? > >What has happened is some jerkwater organization has sent around a >threatening legal looking letter. You might as well say you can not sell >some one a gallon of paint without him providing proof he has permission to >redecorate. > >If someone is breaking the law, call the cops. Now I would like to know >what the cops will say if you start calling them every time someone >reprints a snapshot in your kiosk. Violating copyright is not a criminal >offense! > >graywolf >http://www.graywolfphoto.com >http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf >"Idiot Proof" <==> "Expert Proof" >----------------------------------- > > >John Sessoms wrote: > > From: > > graywolf > >> Actually, retaining the rights in cases like that is a relic of the > >> old days. Used to be that no one had much personal credit. House, car, > >> and maybe a 90 day account at the Department store downtown. Newly > >> weds usually did not have much money so they usually opted for the > >> basic package of 10-12 prints in an album. Often a couple of years > >> down the line they would come back to get more prints for that album. > >> Sometimes they would come back at for their 20th anniversary and get > >> more prints. > >> > >> Of course back then you the photographer owned a studio and would be > >> in business at the same address for 30-50 years. Those newly weds > >> stayed married until death did they part. Nowadays they get devorced > >> before they have finished paying for the wedding; and you are not > >> going to sell them anything more than you got paid for in the first > >> place. And you most likely are going to be doing something else too. > > > > Yeah, but I think you're all still missing my point. > > > > As the person who runs the mini-lab I'm *REQUIRED BY LAW* to "protect" > > your copyright, whether you want me to or not. > > > > Unless I have the copyright holders expressed permission; a written > > release; under the DMCA, I must not allow copyrighted material to be > > reproduced on my equipment. > > > > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
