I will feature this because it illustrates why OGR is very concerned about copyright. There are too many "gray" areas in the law and we don't want to subject you or OGR to any possible lawsuit. If you didn't take the picture, then the safest route is to post a link to the website where the picture resides. OR, if you want to post it, make sure that you state you have permission to do so and be prepared to prove that you in fact have that permission. If you took the picture, then it is yours to post. We had a forum member quit his membership when he got mad about his pictures being taken down. He insisted that the scans he took from the book he purchased gave him the the right to do whatever he wanted with the pictures because he paid for the book! He also stated that he bought a stack of pictures at a train show and none of the pictures had a copyrighted statement on them so he could post them anywhere he wanted! This is very uninformed on his part and there was no educating him so his account is closed.
PLEASE ... we are only asking that you follow the simple guidelines we have asked you to do in order for all of us to continue to enjoy this forum.
Thanks for your understanding,
Alan
