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Use of Other's Art
By Jon Miller

This sentence appeared recently in the Digest:

> The only reason I mention it is their page contains a nice animated
> GIF file of a monkey 'grinding' an organ which may be of use on one
> of your home pages:

Please remember that just because it is easy to "lift" an image from someone else's page to use on your own page doesn't mean you have the right to do so. In some cases it may be legally wrong, but if nothing else I believe it to be ethically wrong unless it is known to be "free stuff" or public domain. I've found most people are more than willing to share their graphics if asked, but please -- ask first. In return, many people will only ask for a brief credit or a link to their page.

Sorry, but theft of "art" is a pet peeve of mine.

Jon Miller
Saint Paul MN USA

[ Well put, Jon; it's like "borrowing" melodies for background music.
[ -- Robbie

(Message sent Sat 21 Dec 1996, 18:09:52 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

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