Le 29/01/2014 10:15, scott a écrit :
>> Actually there are quite many people who honestly think that if a
>> picture is found on the internet, it can be freely used.
> 
> I wouldn't say it can be freely used, but it can be freely downloaded
> and viewed by anyone connected to the internet who goes to that address,
> either by typing it in or through a link from another page.
> 
> Is it legal for me to put any of the following in the html of my own
> website?

Some web servers are tuned to reject serving image when the referrer is
not a local page.
In some web-service contract, it is indeed forbidden to use a
website/url to serve content from other website/url.

> 
> <a href="hof.povray.org/someimage.jpg">

jpg might not be legal. html or whatever the full page is would seems
fair and legal (base of the Web).

> 
> <img src="hof.povray.org/someimage.jpg">

You're putting yourself at the mercy of a change of content.
And that does not seems legal without explicit consent of the image
hosting server.

> 
> <iframe src="hof.povray.org/someimage.jpg">

Same as img. Replacing jpg with the full page is not legal either
(appropriation of the content)

> 
> <iframe src="hof.povray.org/pagecontainingimage.html">
> 
> What about that last one with some javascript to size and scroll the
> page so that only the image is visible?
> 
same as above. My answer would be no, unless explicit consent has been
expressed by the hosting server.

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