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Could someone explain to me why
Could someone explain to me why
Posted Dec 22, 2005 19:13 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)Parent article: A 2005 retrospective
in light of
> Let us not forget our defeats, however. The Grokster decision holds software developers responsible for the actions of their users
the makers of scanner software are not held liable for the inclusion of descreening filters in their packages? Is there a reason *other* than making it easier to steal photos out of magazines why that exists? 1/2 :-)
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Could someone explain to me why
Posted Dec 24, 2005 21:43 UTC (Sat) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]
Sorry, but this argument will not fly very far today. Three years ago - may be, today - no. Most personal photos are printed novadays via digital devices - the end resolt is the same problem for scanning as with magazines. Thus most scanned photos must be processed by said filters - magazines or not. Few years ago sitiation was different...
P.S. In fact it's pretty good sample which shows that program creators must not be held liable for user's doings: few years ago when feature was introduced it was almost exclusively used for illegal reason. Today... the same feature is vital for legal usage!
Could someone explain to me why
Posted Dec 26, 2005 16:10 UTC (Mon) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link]
I would characterize "vital for legal usage" as a bit of an overstatement: all photos still have copyrights, even if they weren't taken for money by professional photogrpahers. And if you're *legally* using someone's photograph and they're someone you know personally, why wouldn't you just ask them for the digital original.
And, for that matter, I don't think that scanner descreening algorithms will deal with the Floyd-Steinberg and similar dither patterns used by inkjet printers (which are much more common than color lasers, which *do* use the traditional grid-screening pattern like lithography does).
Could someone explain to me why
Posted Dec 30, 2005 10:28 UTC (Fri) by dvdeug (subscriber, #10998) [Link]
Not all legal image use is with the permission of the copyright holder; many interesting things fall under the rubric of fair use.