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General Discussion => Admins 4 Admins => Topic started by: marieh2000 on October 05, 2001, 03:21:15 pm



Title: Question about copyrights
Post by: marieh2000 on October 05, 2001, 03:21:15 pm
I'm turning in a submittal package to a company we're doing some work for.   They have a photo of their building on their website.  If I download that photo from their website and print it on the front page of the submittals I'm turning in to them, am I committing a copyright "no-no"?  I know we've talked about this before, but I can't find the topic when I do "search".


Title: Re: Question about copyrights
Post by: countrigal on October 05, 2001, 03:23:30 pm
Easiest thing to do is e-mail the website administrator and ask him/her if they will give you permission to use it.  Generally, if a pic is something that the general public could get (ie, a pic they could take, is one of Microsoft's many photos, etc) then you can use it without a problem, but it never hurts to just go to the source and ask permission.  Then you're covered either way.


Title: Re: Question about copyrights
Post by: andrea843 on October 08, 2001, 06:42:15 am
gotta disagree with you on on some parts of  this one  CG taking that photo without permission is most assuredly copyright violation. It would present a more professional position to either use self produced art, or to obtain written permission to utilize the picture "(and a downloaded file  won't be nearly as crisp in print as the original file so ask for a clean copy too)