Re: Image legality

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Original poster: Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-twfpowerelectronics-dot-com>

Hi Chris,

I just "have" to comment....  Scarry when the moderator gets pulled 
off-topic :-))

All the stuff "I" put on the web is freely available to "copy, steal, 
plagiarize,... at your pleasure".  I won't go over the "rash" I got from a 
teacher for my antibubble site for "allowing" students to "steal" my 
pictures for reports....  I was almost to the point of paying legal fees 
for a kid... If teacher wants a fight... I'll give them one &%^$&(^ 
FIGHT!!...  The school's attorney smacked that all down immediately once 
they knew...  Since then, those pictures have ended up in two national 
magazines and "one" actually asked for permission ;-))  Like, what part of 
the (please steal this crap...) disclaimer couldn't they read...

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/antibubbles/

My recent robotic E-field visioning system is obviously a highly patentable 
thing "except....." for the fact I made it a "totally public" project and I 
totally disclosed all the details to everyone on Earth ;-))  (I just put up 
schematics, parts lists, PCB layout files...)  So far, my competition is 
zero as are my patent attorney's fees :o)))  It also has a plainly clear 
disclaimer at the bottom:

http://thereminvision-dot-com/

There is all kind of turmoils about "IP" these days...  But "I" have found 
"my" solution :-))))  If they can make a bigger antibubble or make a better 
robot sensor, more power to them!!  But they "can't"!! :o)))))))

Please note this site:

http://www.themeterguy-dot-com/advertising/Kill%20A%20Watt/killawatt.htm

At least they understood what the last line meant ;-))))  My only regret is 
that they did a better job laying the stuff out than I did :-p)  I can 
always rest assured they will never out do "my" carpeting  :O))))

http://hot-streamer-dot-com/temp/Kill-A-Watt/P3110001.jpg

Cheers,

         Terry



At 06:11 PM 3/6/2004, you wrote:

>Hi All,
>     As many of you know, the Geek Group avidly supports the dissemination of
>scientific and technical knowledge by all legitimate means. All pictures,
>texts, and diagrams on our web site are published with the permission of the
>author(s) and credits are posted to the extent possible.  We usually have no
>objections to anyone copying pictures and quoting text as long as sources
>are cited and appropriate credit given. However, copying from our site
>without permission, removing credit lines, and publishing materials on
>another website as one's own, is intellectually and professionally unethical
>and, in the case of copyrighted materials, also illegal, even
>internationally.
>
>Because pursuing remedy claims internationally through the legal system is
>very slow, painful, and costly, we are asking the members of TCML, the
>largest peer-review TC group, to consider this several-year-old illustration
>from our website:
>   http://www.thegeekgroup-dot-org/projects/bucketcap/
>
>and compare it to this recent website:
>http://free-kc.htnet.hr/Kreso-Bukvic/Izrada%20VN%20kondezatora.htm
>
>    and use whatever peer pressure they may be able to exert to remedy this
>situation without our having to seek legal recourse.
>     While we realize that sometimes a copy of a copy of a copy of something
>may inadvertently be displayed without permission/credits However direct
>plagiarism with deliberate editing out of names/logos is difficult to see as
>accidental.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>
>The Geek Group Board