copyrighted material on Yellowchaser's site

Dwayne E. Cooper wrote:
On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 12:49:19 -0400, Ronnie Garrison
wrote:


Yellowchaser - there is a charge for using copyrighted text and pictures

from my site like you did with the article and pictures on the world

record bass. I am sending the information to About and they will send
you a contract to use this material - I don't remember getting one from
you. Please remove my copyrighted material until you sign the contract
and pay the fee.

Ronnie Garrison

http://fishing.about.com


For those who are interested in copying information from other
sites, etc...there is a great site that talks about copyrights and the
many exceptions is at: http://www.copyright.iupui.edu/quickguide.htm

The most common exceptions are what they call "fair use" and
"education" purposes. IMO, a good test is whether the materials are
being republished for the purpose of making a profit. If it isn't and
you're not posting a whole bunch of information...chances are you are
ok. However, if you're making a profit off of em' or using a bunch of
someone else's information...chances are you're stepping over the line
and infriging on someone else's work.

This is not legal advice. Talk to an attorney in your state if
you have an issue with this. This is just a "my opinion" reference
for folks here that might want to post a picture or article from
another site...or "hundreds" of articles...:

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He removed my article from his site.

What he had done was copy an article from my site, with five pictures in
it, and posted it on his as an article from him. I was pretty mad when
I found it and did not see the email to him on that page or to a
webmaster so I posted here and other newsgroups knowing he visited here.
It was the only way I knew to contact him at the time.

I am pretty sure copying an article and pictures and posting the whole
thing as yours is a copyright violation. He did not even link back to my
site or give me credit. He did leave "picture by Ronnie Garrison" under
the photos.

Since he sells advertising on his site I guess that means he is making a
profit from my article he posted?