On 2018-05-23 10:21:56 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 10:10:37 UTC+1, android wrote:
On 2018-05-23 08:56:31 +0000, Whisky-dave said:

On Wednesday, 23 May 2018 07:54:39 UTC+1, android wrote:
On 2018-05-23 05:35:17 +0000, David B. said:


https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/licensing-types-examples/

I could have downloaded your image from Dropbox and retained it and then
used it for any purpose I chose.

You could have.

We agree.

Some folk feel that is 'stealing' so I deliberately avoided taking that route.

Technically it is stealing.

Understood.

It's not if you ask the courts of law in the EU and the USA:

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100105/0109067611.shtml

that only applies to linking not copying which could be classed as
stealing, or perhaps copyright infringment. As there was something odd
about the word stealing when used for something that isn't really a
physical object.

The subject of the discussion was hotlinking and that was the deed that
Dave B had committed. Not illegal in practiced law...

Yes I know but that had changed to :-

and this is where you made the mistake, perhaps you had the worng filter on .


DB said I could have downloaded your image from Dropbox and retained
it and then
used it for any purpose I chose.

You could have.

We agree.

Some folk feel that is 'stealing' so I deliberately avoided taking that route.

Technically it is stealing.

Which it is seen as.
DB could NOT provide a link to SD's dropbox because SD had removed that link.
So if DB did want to keep linking to that image he would have needed to
copy the image and place it somewhere else and linked to it from there
maybe he's own dropbox account and that could be seen as stealing.

No it's not. Downloading third party material and then uploading it is
stealing. With hotlinking the picture remains on your chosen server and
thus under your control and not stolen. Feel free to change those
laws... Again:

https://photocopyrightlaw.com/can-embedding-hotlinking-or-inline-linking-constitute-copyright-infringement/


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inline_linking#Copyright_law_issues_that_inline_li nking_raises


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