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Originally posted by XXXforU:
This, if real, really scares me a bit... and I've been around and through a few lawsuits. Only because I thumb some of galleries I choose, all surfer submitted.
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Hey bro -- good to see you here ;)
This is what I do... If a friend has licensed a photo set -- and he is featuring that particular model at his site... It's stupid as hell for me not to be able to link to his site w/ a thumb pic of that model (I assume this is what you are talking about) -- but because I'm paranoid I just hotlink the other site's thumbnail... (with permission from that webmaster of course) -- That way the license isn't violated -- because I'm not hosting any unlicensed content on my site. In any case I don't think there are too many content providers that will bitch about a thumbnail.
Suze Randall would never have been as popular on the internet if so many sites hadn't stolen her content -- finally she got smart and created an entire biz out of it -- she trades traffic for the use of content... I would like to see more real world solutions like this -- instead of pathetic and futile attempts to shut down the internet which is a battle lost by everyone, even before the lawyers collect their fees.
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[This message has been edited by TheFLY (edited 11-18-2001).]