Once images are uploaded on a newsgroup, you are able to put them on a
website as long as credit is shown to the orginial photographer. The problem
usually lies in when you are trying to pass it off as your own work or if
someone downloads and than prints or makes a print for themselves to sell.
As long as you are not making money off the picture(s) or music etc, than no
copyright law has been broken. This is pretty mcuh the way copyright is
handled in Canada any way. You can always have a note or disclaimer stating
that if there is a picture from someone who doesn't want it posted on your
site or something along those lines, you will remove it. You would need some
sort of proof for this, as third party situations are bound to arise, friend
of a friend of a friend etc... Depending where you are, try your local
library. There should be something there about copyright in just about every
Country. Also try your provincial offices or try the Feds in Ottawa.
Hope this helps...

"Canuck" wrote in message
...
Hi everyone. I'm sorry if I've caused any problems by uploading your
images to my Picasa web album. I've removed everything that isn't my own
doing from Picasa. However, I'm somewhat confused by the copyright issue.
When I go to an album and check the properties for each image, it shows
that the images are protected by copyright and not reusable (regardless of
if they are my own images or someone elses). Can anyone clarify the issue
for me?

Thanks,

Nick



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