Tuesday, May 6, 2008

sorry that I infringed

so I kindly borrowed a picture I found on google images of a zipper pull for my loverly blog. just a little accent piece. not hurting anyone, but just now I found this in my email box:

Dear Sir,

It has come to our attention that your website blog found at http://thezipperpull.blogspot.com contains a copy of a Talon42 picture that was taken from our website without permission. Please kindly remove this photo, which is our intellectual property, or we will be forced to contact your ISP provider and http://www.blogger.com administration requesting a termination of your account.

Thank You in advance for your cooperation on this matter,
Steel Zipper Administrator

which is cool. I mean, I guess I did steal it. but I didn't really think of it as stealing, like today it just seems to be common place to take pictures from anywhere on the internet. and music. and essays. and videos.

never really thought about all this infringement that's going on every second of every day. what does that say about society? ick.

moreover- what does that say about me? yikes.

will I stop? probably not, but it's definitely something to think about.

1 comment:

Candace said...

wow. i guess i just never really thought about people getting their pictures stolen. you know. "stolen" is a weird word to use on the internet, but it is totally true. way to comply.