"Joe Gertler" wrote in message
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"Paul Stewart" wrote in
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It's his M.O. - he post other peoples material with no regard for
copyrights or laws . . .

Dear Don, Ray, & Paul;
Thank you for the supporting comments. I was hoping that my defensive post
would not be taken as an over-reaction.

I also have thousands of private aviation photos that I DO scan and share
and send high-res images of (free of course) to many researchers and
buffs,
and modelers, on various aviation forums. I posted a lot of my aviation
art
collection on my website so others could enjoy viewing it. But that was
some four years ago... THESE days(after being advised by those with more
Internet experience) I tend to overlay all the images with a text
indicating copyrighted material. 99.9% of Internet surfers respect that
and
are content to enjoy and correspond about it. But I've learned there are a
few pitfalls to posting images, on occassion. I rarely mind copying for
personal use, but when you see copies (of material that cost you a pretty
penny) printed out on some copier, and sold on EBAY, (without any credit
or
permission) it can be upsetting. And when you want to use one of your
images in a magazine article, and the editor says it is now a common
image
seen all over the Internet, so they don't want to use it, That can be a
little upsetting, also.

Haven't used the newsgroups in a while. I've never seen these Exclamation
point/red icons before, in the threads. Do you put them in yourSELVES, or
are they put in by some group Moderator?

for every proven copyright violation it's a fine of $25,000.00 - Hey, if
anyone used or edited one of my images without my permission I wouldn't
hesitate...I could use an extra 25,000!! Lawyer fees are gonna run you
about $1600.00. I been down this road before..The hard part is you'll have
to prove loss of funds!!! When the other party is found at fault you'll
get to collect for the next 25 years all the monies owed - Doesn't matter it
the other faulted party doesn't have all the cash - I was able to get the
court to deduct the fine from the faulted partied home - they lost their
home!

Most individuals don't realize that they are breaking the law when they
simply scan an image from a book or magazine...that is copyright violation!

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