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Subject: RE: FLASH: Copyright question
From: Scott McDonald
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2000 16:53:54 +0100

hey hey, i am new here, and i think i will jump right in. Michael what you
are talking about is called "bandwidth steeling" and is generally frowned
on, many sites have a cap on how many MB's of traffic they can get for a
month, and in essence you are taking a little of that away everytime someone
loads that page... i think i would strongly suggest that you follow jb's
advise and email the site, to make sure they don't mind.

Echo


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From: owneratchinwag [dot] com [owneratchinwag [dot] com]On">mailto:owneratchinwag [dot] com]On Behalf Of Jason
Bouwmeester
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:21 AM
To: 'flasheratchinwag [dot] com'
Subject: RE: FLASH: Copyright question


Michael,

I know that this is NOT based on any copyright text I have come across but I
have seen, and a couple times, used images from other sites on personal
sites to link to them. Every time I have done this I have made a footnote
stating where I got the image, as well I have e-mailed the webmaster of the
linked site to let them know that I have done this. To date, I haven't had
any problems or anyone complain because of this. Mind you I haven't tried
this with a site like Amazon.com. But I have seen a lot of sites that do use
stuff from "official" sites - game sites and product evaluation sites
especially.

Personal sites, I think you should be o.k., a commercial site I would think
might be a bit different.

HTH,
jb

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Dunn [mdunnatthemericaagency [dot] com (mailto:mdunnatthemericaagency [dot] com)]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 9:10 AM
To: Dreamweaver Talk
Cc: flasher
Subject: FLASH: Copyright question


sorry for the cross-post question.

If you want to link to a commercial site, there would be no qualms using a
line of text (ie check out Amazon.com) or a provided banner (like those many
sites ask you to post).

However, what if you wanted to use a picture from their site (a product,
etc.) and link from that? Would I need to get their permission? Like if I
wanted to spotlight a company or product I like and have a direct link from
my site (which is personal) would I be able to use images I pulled from
their site, or would I need permission?

Any answers, thoughts, helpful.


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www.flashforward2000.com
Produced by United Digital Artists and lynda.com
Sponsored by Macromedia, Adobe Systems, Fusion, Inc, AtomFilms,
shockwave.com and Electric Rain.
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Register before June 30 and save $200!!-- www.flashforward2000.com
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