Sat Mar 03, 2007 6:12 am gavia_immer wrote:smithereens wrote:... I then posted the lyrics to Jimmy Buffets song by the same name. I did credit JB with the lyrics ....
Is it stealing if you post an image to lyrics you post? My take is that this is my interpretation of those song lyrics - pure and simple.
What are your thoughts?
BTW - I think your use of the lyrics is perfectly reasonable in the PBase context. But copyright law and interpretation isn't necessary always perfectly reasonable. On the other hand the poster was pointing out an inconsistency that was being communicated. How would many on PBase react if say a musician took a photo off PBase and posted it on a blog with their lyrics because they thought it illustrated their lyrics well or it inspired their lyrical interpretation of the photo. Some might be cool with it but many PBasers would go ballistic if past posts and incidents are any indication. Ouch now my head hurts. Just a thought.
If the musician gave me photo credit for using my image on his or her blog, I might not go ballistic. That's key.