On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 06:56:27 -0500, Linonut wrote:
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> So, it appears that Roy is using images on his blog that he has
>> wholesale copied from the authors without permission.
>>
>> I noticed this on this article:
>>
>> http://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2006/03/03/scoble-given-up/
>>
>> Interesting that he credits the image author (for that one), but he
>> neglected to actually get the authors permission to copy it. I was
>> supsicious that this might be the case and emailed the author to find
>> out. He confirmed that it was copyright infringement.
>>
>> If he had merely linked to the image, it would have been more
>> acceptable, since he wouldn't have actually copied the image. However,
>> that would beg the bandwidth stealing argument of linking to images on
>> other peoples sites.
>>
>> In any event, I have to wonder how many other images on his site have
>> been similarly misappropriated. Many of them have no credits at all.
>>
>> Bummer for you Roy.
>
> You're a sneaky little shit, Erik. A rotten little turd.
Yes, but we knew that before, hence the "Ewik The Weasel" label.
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