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Re: See *The COLA Gang* Spring Into Action!!

In article <pan.2006.06.13.10.56.19.803012@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kier wrote:
>> Right.  He's how this whole thing would have played out if everyone
>> involved was ethical:
>> 
>> 1. As soon as Erik pointed out the image, Roy would have removed it.
> 
> Only if he is or was infringing, and he stated early on he did not believe
> he was. Our saying that he is does not actually make it true.  Only the
> creator or the material in question actually has any real rights in this
> dispute.

Although I can't see any remotely plausible argument for non-infringement,
that's not really relevant, as we are talking about what an ethical person
would do, rather than just what someone who follows the law to the letter
would do.  An ethical person would remove the image because having it there
without receiving permission from the artist goes against the wishes of the
artist, as clearly expressed on nearly every page of the artist's web site.

-- 
--Tim Smith

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