if they did not
give prior authorisation.
Bill Silvert
- Original Message - From: Jane Shevtsov jane@gmail.com
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Jim,
Please note that what follows is meant mainly
They tell us we are wasting TIME--but we are wasting our LIVES! --Eric
Hoffer
- Original Message -
From: David Duffy ddu...@hawaii.edu
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Save the web! steal this picture
Note that the segment of the Copyright Act does NOT say that things
posted without said notice are technically open for use by anyone.
The bottom line, if you can SEE it, you should assume it is copyrighted,
unless you know it to be in the public domain.
Dave
malcolm McCallum wrote:
to the
illustrators and asked for permission, always getting a kind reply with yes.
Best regards,
Jan Nielsen
Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 01:27:13 -0400
From: d...@fuzzo.com
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites; educational use
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Note that the segment
Dear list,
I haven't seen this item mentioned yet and when I did, I thought of the
current content/copyright discussion.
Sir John Sulston, Nobel prize winner and one of the architects of the
Human Genome Project, has teamed up with Bloomsbury to edit a new series
of books that will look at
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Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Jim,
Please note that what follows is meant mainly as a general discussion
of intellectual property, not of your particular case.
Why would you think that you can use my hard work without asking
This semester, I had students in my physiological ecology course create
websites as a class project. They chose an animal and an environmental
stressor, and discussed the physiological mechanisms the species has to
handle the stressor. They presented information on natural history, and
also
MaryBeth Voltura wrote:
snip
I would be interested in the list's opinion of this type of project, and
how best to allow students to create interesting and educational
websites without violating fair use of images. Obviously, they are not
going to be able to obtain their own pictures of red
Most figures from textbooks are now open use at the textbook companies push.
they were spending a lot getting and keeping records of permissions
and gave up some years ago.
Anything that is posted on the internet without
Copyright (c) YEAR. NAME OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
is technically open for use
if they did not give prior authorisation.
Bill Silvert
- Original Message - From: Jane Shevtsov jane@gmail.com
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Jim,
Please note that what follows is meant mainly
What is meant by stealing and by the ownership?
It depends on the author of the original photo or illustration, and even on
the author's institution.
I considered a courtesy to ask whether or not I could use a scan of a
picture from the published book in my PowerPoint presentation and the author
I apologize for getting into this late and not reading all the previous
posts, but has anyone considered that any photograph taken as a result
of work funded by public dollars (grants, University salaries) would be
/ should be public domain? Your tax dollar at work? Credits would be
malcolm McCallum wrote:
Most figures from textbooks are now open use at the textbook
companies push.
they were spending a lot getting and keeping records of permissions
and gave up some years ago.
Anything that is posted on the internet without
Copyright (c) YEAR. NAME OF COPYRIGHT
a successful writer and
editor.
Bill Silvert
- Original Message -
From: David M. Lawrence d...@fuzzo.com
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 7:25 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Now I'll argue the opposite of what I posted the other day :) While I
Two quick corrections
malcolm McCallum wrote:
Anything that is posted on the internet without
Copyright (c) YEAR. NAME OF COPYRIGHT HOLDER.
is technically open for use by anyone. I got this directly from the
copyright office a few years back.
Must have been quite a few: changes to US
Message - From: Jane Shevtsov jane@gmail.com
To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 2:11 AM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] stealing from websites
Jim,
Please note that what follows is meant mainly as a general discussion
of intellectual property, not of your particular case
Jim,
Please note that what follows is meant mainly as a general discussion
of intellectual property, not of your particular case.
Why would you think that you can use my hard work without asking?
For the same reason you can cite or quote a paper of mine without
asking -- even if you're using it
I would not have a problem with someone using my images that were related to
my research. However, since I have a photography business on the side, I
would not be pleased to see my photos used without acknowledgement. I think
this is mostly an issue with print media - even organizations such as
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