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Old 02-03-2002, 04:15 AM
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Copyright

Traci I hate to burst your bubble, but working in a university and other places with copyright.. let me explain.

The images do not belong to the models. They initially belong to the photographer who took them (go ask the photography department-they will explain). Now the company who purchased the photo now owns them (lets say playboy). To reshow these images permission must be obtained from playboy.
I think your instructor is giving bad advice.. go ask the university copyright department and they can explain. Don't worry though, I have had plenty of instructors who are ignorant of the laws tell me things, that I found out later were illegal. The only possible way you could get away with this for any duration of time is to do it on a University computer that has a pswd to enter that site. Your instructor should have the resources to set this up. Having it this way will halp prove that you are only doing it for educational purposes, and you are not displaying it to the general audience.

As for legal notice.. here is the problem. They won't only contact you they will contact Angelfire who will take down the site right away, getting them to put it back up when they see how many other pictures you have could be a serious problem.

If Kim has time see if she can give you some more advice since this site is a sex based one. But from my experience/knowledge your asking for trouble.

Besides you could fill the site instead with pictures of you. Everyone likes Amateur sex sites versus "Im completly faking it..look how much they airbrushed my face"
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