[PoetJA-1975]

1st - LET'S NOT MAKE THIS BEAT UP ON POETJA-1975 TIME....
Oh wait.... That's what it's already become....

Originally Posted by nexialys

good then... sharing unlicensed or de-copyrighted material is not for us... if you are for that kind of way of doing things, you are not welcome here... there is plenty of places where people are doing it already.

Oh PA! I'm not welcome here? Go suck an AdminCP
You miss the point of this post entirely and I don't readily appreciate your smartalecky, snobbish commentary.

Originally Posted by Princeton

all we ask is that you provide proof that distribution of images is ok by the original author

if an image is in the public domain a message (or policy) is usually posted on the site (where downloaded); if none available, you should always assume they are copyright to original author


thank you .. we do appreciate you sharing

Hmmm - well it sure doesn't sound like my sharing was appreciated at all...
At anyrate - Like I say - It's simple to not post any additional graphics at all - not even my own creations that I would share with the Community - because it's quite clear to me that it wouldn't be appreciated anyway - except for a handful of people.

What I posted - little clips from OLD OLD OLD OLD artworks - And a couple avatars with text that reads CHANEL or LOUIS VUITTON ..... I'd dare submit that the vB.org Admins are taking the "copyright" policy a little to strictly - and it's a pity.... I mean - What are you gonna do? Send out a memo to all 215,873 vB.org Members, asking them to take down their avatars (unless their own creation of course) because they have no permission to use the images... Can you not see how ABSURD that is?

Originally Posted by smacklan

Copyright violations do slip by from time to time here...

I dare say - a small copy of Michelangelo's Statue of David or DaVinci's Mona Lisa is not currently under any type of copyright... It's like walking into all shops that have and sell prints (also known as picture copies) of such artistic works and telling them to stop selling, as they're breaking copyright policy... THAT'S ABSURD!

And the thing is - I as a published Writer & Poet certainly do understand how the copyright of any particular intellectual work works... In fact - As a publisher as well - I've written some copyright policies of my own. By taking down my little share of avatars - You've taken your policy a little too.................................far IMO - You've become the Anal Avatar Swiper Police LOL

Jacquii.