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Re: (erielack) Legalities and ethics of the use of photos

I'm definitely not asking anyone to violate any rules, ethical or legal. I
just wanted a better understanding of the situation and how it works. Thanks
for the clarification.

Todd K. Stearns

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Schuyler Larrabee" <schuyler.larrabee_@_verizon.net>
To: "'Todd Stearns'" <toddsyr_@_twcny.rr.com>; <erielack@lists.elhts.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 31, 2006 2:52 PM
Subject: (erielack) Legalities and ethics of the use of photos


> For your own personal use, yes, you do.  You can copy it and enlarge it
and mark it up and even burn
> it.
>
> You don't have an intrinsic right to copy it and sell it, since that's
competition with the person
> you bought your copy from.  Especially if the seller is the one who took
the picture.  And in the
> case of someone like Bill Caloroso, who has invested money to buy
collections, he a) may have bought
> the reproduction rights to those photos, and b) he has a reasonable right
to expect to recoup his
> investment.  In the first case, it's a legal issue, in the second, while
it MIGHT be legal, it
> definitely is an ethical issue.  One that I, for one, will not violate.
>
> SGL
>
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