Re: Image legality

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Original poster: John <fireba8104-at-yahoo-dot-com> 

Could you two cut the crap. I've seen 2nd graders more mature then either 
of you.
Kreso could you please just place a small link to the Greek group or 
something similar under the picture. Perhaps that is all that is needed to 
resolve the situation.

John

Tesla list <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com> wrote:
Original poster: Kreso Bukvic

So you are going to rent a lawyer and sue me? Well i want to know what
action will you do you i could talk to my lawyer! Immedeatly.

Kreso Bukvic
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Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 3:46 AM
Subject: Image legality


 > Original poster: "Chris Boden"
 >
 >
 > 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 quotin! g 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.
 > W! hile 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
 >
 >