>Mr. Gardner has done an injustice and he has broken the law. His >admittance to retrieving images from other sources without expressed >consent, has implicated him, he is guilty. (...snipped ...)
>I am not convinced he realized what he >was doing was illegal, even though legally, ignorance of the law is not >an excuse, (...snipped...) > >Lets give the guy a chance to be honorable, and remove the pictures that he >has stolen. This will give us some time to formulate a plan as to what >kind of action we can take, if there is anything we can do about it. The following is an abridged version of my posts to Mr. Gardener - this should remove any doubt that he knows exactly what he is doing. Seems to me that because there aren't many requests for removal he thinks all is cool. RG- >>I dout that you have any pictures at my site. I do not intend to steal >>from anyone. > LH- >You are still missing the point. Whether or not you *intend* to steal or >not, if you take pictures off other sites that is stealing. Period. > >I don't think people should have to police your site to see if their work >is there and then ask you to remove it when it shouldn't be there in the >first place. > >You sound as if you are really new to this and perhaps just didn't know >about copyright law and such. But now you do. I realize that it must have >been very time consuming to build your site the way you have but hey, life >is full of unpleasant learning experiences and this is one of them. > >You have already taken a picture off a site that was clearly marked no >usuage without permission. ( The photographer wrote me) .Do you think that >those notices are there just for the hell of it? RG - Hi Lara, >I am careful about what I make availabe. They are ALL screened. The fact >that only 1 file has been located speaks for itself. And this post speaks for itself. And for those of you that think the pros on this group are just speaking up because of sour grapes because we want to make a living shooting trains - hey, not me. I make a living shooting lots of stuff - trains is for fun! Lara Lara Hartley Photographer Desert Dispatch Barstow, California "If man put as much energy, imagination and creativity into peace and the enviroment as he does into war and its toys what a wonderful world this would truly be." lh -> SPORRS: Serious Photographers of Railroad Related Subjects -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs
