A reminder about copyright

Once again, we are having to remove copyrighted material, from TCS. Just because something is on the Web, does not mean that it is free for the taking. This also applies to pictures and written material, that you may have received in an e-mail. If you didn't take the picture or you didn't write the item, please do not cut and paste or remote link them here.

A reminder of the Forum Rules:

9. a) It is illegal to embed copyrighted photos, images or text in a thread or post. Any photos or images of this nature will be deleted from posts without warning and disciplinary action may be taken. The absence of a copyright notice on an image or the ignorance of who owns the copyrights does not mean it isn't protected by law. In general, if you didn't make the image or take the photo, don't post it.

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Using copyrighted material leaves TCS open to legal sanctions, including Federal criminal prosecution and civil lawsuits.

If you have something funny or interesting and wish to share it, please post a link from the site itself. A link from your Photobucket is not acceptable.

ETA - there are sites that have royalty/copyright free images that you can use for birthdays, etc.

There's an interesting story going around about Cooks Source magazine, who was copying other people's recipes and using them for their own magazine, but still referencing the other person's work. Even if they referenced the other person, what they did is illegal because they did not get permission.

Interesting and relevant story http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=131091599

bumping this up.

bumping this up again.