Fair Use, Perhaps? It certainly is improper, unethical and illegal to download copyrighted images to sell, to use for commercial purposes, or to pass off as your own. Is it, however, improper to do so, with credit to the copyright owner, for critical or educational purposes, or to introduce someone to the work of that photographer, or to illustrate a point about photography?
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 12:54 PM Stan Halpin <s...@stans-photography.info> wrote: > [Why do supposed photographers think it is ok to copy/paste others’ > copyrighted works?? It makes it handy for finding stuff, but really? A > so-called photography forum should know better.] > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.