Posted by  Kevin Matthews on February 25, 2002 at 10:38:59:

In Reply to:  Re: please tell me...Copyright clarification ? for Kevin + more... posted by Simple Simon on February 25, 2002 at 04:55:40:

when we link an image to messages on this forum... are we violating any copyright laws...?..

will it be ok if we identify the website from where we are linking and the URL of the image..?... plus the name of the photographer (provided that web-site is listing it)....

To get clear about image copyrights, we first need to be clear about our terminology.

This is "linking to an image" (correctly according to linking instructions provided at the source web site):

http://www.GreatBuildings.com/cgi-bin/gbi.cgi/Torii_of_Itsukushima.html/cid_0001.gbi

And in contrast, this is "posting an image":

And just for kicks, this is both:

Now, back to the questions, using the terms as clarified here.

You can almost always link to an image on a public web site, as long as you follow any special instructions at that web site.

You can only post an image if you have explicit permission to do so.

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• Re: thanks.... Simple Simon 09:05:43 2/26/2002 (0)

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