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  Re: US Patent System, now with 20% less stupidity  
From: Darren New
Date: 14 Jul 2009 12:29:17
Message: <4a5cb25d$1@news.povray.org>
Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 07/14/09 07:17, Warp wrote:
>>>          What about where I link to an image, and make it appear as 
>>> if it is on
>>> my site?
>>
>>    Are you claiming authorship or ownership of the image? That's a 
>> different
>> law.
> 
>     Some may see it as my claiming ownership. To any viewer who does not 
> examine the source, it will be part of my web site.

In the USA, you can get into copyright violation for that. You've 
essentially copied the image on the hosting site and put it on yours.

It's weird, because copyright isn't about technology, but about the behavior 
of people.

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "We'd like you to back-port all the changes in 2.0
    back to version 1.0."
   "We've done that already. We call it 2.0."


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