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William Miles

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May 17, 2002, 2:08:34 AM5/17/02
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if i make a screen capture of the photoshop startup screen and modify it
(desaturate it and make it a different color or whatever), and put it on my
website, would that be a violation of copyright laws? i've seen images of
photoshop's palettes on websites, so i would assume doing this is ok??

John B

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May 17, 2002, 5:36:49 PM5/17/02
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I'm a pro photographer, not a lawyer, but I'd say you would be violating
federal copyright law for sure. The law states that the work is copyrighted
by the creator/owner even if there's no copyright mark visible. If someone
uses my work, even if it's altered, I consider that an infringement of my
copyrights. I'd say it's risky at best.

You just have to ask yourself, "do I feel lucky?"

John B.
www.prophotodallas.com


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Stephan

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May 17, 2002, 7:00:09 PM5/17/02
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If you steal a car and repaint it, does it become legaly yours ?

Stephan


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Russell Davies

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May 17, 2002, 8:38:09 PM5/17/02
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if they sued everyone who used screen dumps of ps, they would have to go
after PS teachers, all the ps books, the ps web tutorial sites - the
list goes on...

yours

Russell

John B

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May 17, 2002, 9:00:15 PM5/17/02
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Not being prosecuted doesn't make it OK.

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Jesus Homes

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May 17, 2002, 11:26:50 PM5/17/02
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its a violation of copyright
however, there is a section in the Adobe site that offers screen captures of
its applications for press purposes
i believe those can be used for websites and that kind of stuff if you
include a copyright notice somewhere in your site
(those lines that say "The Adobe logo, photoshop logo (ot whichever program
it is) and so on... are trademarks or adobe system... bla bla)
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Russell Davies

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May 18, 2002, 5:15:18 AM5/18/02
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being against the law doesn't make it wrong

John B

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May 18, 2002, 9:20:03 AM5/18/02
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It is in this case.

My copyrights have been violated frequently and I know how I feel on the
issue.

You have my blessings to do whatever you want.

John B.

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Jak

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May 18, 2002, 10:17:10 AM5/18/02
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On 18 May 2002, Russell Davies pulled up a chair, looked Jak directly in the
eye, and said:

> being against the law doesn't make it wrong
>

Just as being legal doesn't make it morally right...

It's a matter of personal ethics.

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Jak

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William Miles

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May 18, 2002, 10:27:11 PM5/18/02
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in article 3ce66265$0$1414$ac96...@news.raex.com, Jak at m...@privacy.net
wrote on 5/18/02 7:17 AM:

> On 18 May 2002, Russell Davies pulled up a chair, looked Jak directly in the
> eye, and said:
>
>> being against the law doesn't make it wrong
>>
>
> Just as being legal doesn't make it morally right...
>
> It's a matter of personal ethics.


Well, I see two different sides to this. I have to say, I agree with both
opinions (how that's possible, I'm not quite certain at this point!). I'm
probably better off just sending an email to Adobe, asking them about it.
Would I be crazy to expect a response from them within the next couple
days??

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