Originally posted by crisisfox+May 20 2006, 02:29 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (crisisfox @ May 20 2006, 02:29 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteBegin-frostydf2@May 20 2006, 03:51 PM
I understand what you are coming from, but nothing is really 'exclusive' in the world of internet. You can't really have an exclusive screenshot unless you make it a private screenshot that only a few people could view. However, when posted online it's basically fair game in my eyes to post it on yours.
Umm.... Frosty.... I love you really, I dig your website, but you could not be more wrong.
Here is a link of a basic overview of Intellectual Property principles as they apply to website content: Don't steal website content if you don't wanna be e-spanked
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So moral of the story in nice, simple bullet points:
I - I agree with foxeye completely.
II - *Always* link rather than take when it says "exclusive".
III - *Ask* if you want to copy something they have and you don't (yet).
Hell, if you are polite to the dudes who run the other websites, you might get to know people you can enjoy playing with in-game.[/b][/quote]
Btw, the U.S. Digitial Millenium Act prohibits copying website content belonging to other sites without clearly stating where it was copied from, and giving appropriate credit:
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/ge...2281enr.txt.pdf (U.S. D.M.A.)
Intellectual Property knows no bounds, it merely has to be proven that you are the original creator of the writing. In HTML and *any* computer source code, it *MUST* differ by more than 70% in order to no longer apply... yet, it can *still* be considered a derivative work, and subject to any penalties if the license the work was published with or displayed with does not allow for derivative works. Want proof, just look at Linux vs. SCO Unix, and porn sites stealing each others images.
I know ways to steal images even from protected sites that use improper protection. Does it make it legal since there are work arounds? Nope.
Anyhow... I wouldn't be attempting to help Frosty and those here if I didn't believe in it the reason for the site. B)
~ Jaraeth