On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 13:47:46 +0000 (UTC), thad01@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
wrote:
> A cynical mind might assume it is because he knows he has a few
> copyright infringing images on it and needs to hide it while he
> scrubs it of any hypocrisy. A vindictive mind might even go into
> google cache and dig up the evidence. Personally, I don't plan
> to sink to that level and think it a waste of time anyway.
Be my guest. It's *NEVER* had any images of any kind on any public pages,
and the private pages were test pages for clients i was working on. So
please, spare me the conjecture.
> As for Roy's alleged transgression, we need to consider scale
> and intent before passing any moral judgment.
No, we do not. He deliiberately copied the image to his local server, and
is hosting it on a site (which he gains revenue from, by the way, via
advertising). Yes, he credited the original author, and linked to his web
site which explicitly outlines the rules for using his works. He must
contact the author.
> It is not as if he is claiming the work as his own; he clearly credits
> the original author.
Irrelevant. Plenty of people have violated the GPL and not claimed the
work as their own, that doesn't stop the GPL community from condemming
them.
> The original author might even benefit from some additional
> exposer.
The classic pirate justification.
> It might be copyright infringement in the strictest sense
> (though sometimes you can make a fair use argument if it is part of
> a larger body of work)
You can't use fair use. Fair use would be if, for example, he was
critiquing the artwork (even then, it would be difficult to justify
including the whole work).
> and if the author tells him to remove it, he probably should;
The author shouldn't have to.
> but this is hardly a hanging offense. In short,
> cut Roy some slack, let him and the original author sort this out
> on their own. If you want to criticize his posts in COLA, then
> do so, but keep the personal attacks out of it. It only makes you
> look bad.
Roy has no problem making personal attacks against anyone else, including
the very article in which the artwork is present on.
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