Screenshot Protocol
Monday, October 20, 2003 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Ideally, if one remembers them, try to include the names of the skinner/s involved in the works being displayed.
More important, however...if the wallpaper being used is NOT your own work it is necessary to obscure it with windows, etc. to ensure the screenshot cannot be downloaded and 'adjusted' to become a wallpaper alone. Often it is quite a simple task to 'extract' the wall itself which classifies as 'distribution' of the artwork without the Author's consent.....and can therefore be a copyright issue.
Just try to protect the rights of the artists whose work you like so much that you are displaying it/them on your desktop....
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Reply #42 Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:27 PM
Jafo then concentrated on trying to make it sound like I thought screenshots were art... masterpieces that should be glorified and bowed down to the uploader or something. Then accused me of giving out bogus email addresses... and eventually accusing me in an email of being obsessed with prepubescent teenage girls represented in Japanese Anime.
I don't care about the screenshot.
I don't care about the fact that he used it. I just wanted a respectful notice of that fact.
I don't think screenshots are art... or skins... or that they show having any talent whatsoever.
I do think that there is a double standard here... pay attention on screenshots and who they are submitted by... and what all they show. I too have taken walls from them and have gotten my standard of what a screenshot is aloud to show by them.
I also requested, because of this, that my subscription from wincustomize be given to someone else... preferably someone who really wants it and can't afford it. Meaning... I will never use it after this... so someone else might as well.
Reply #43 Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:38 PM
must be an ear worm...
Reply #44 Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:58 PM
Reply #45 Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:59 PM
Jafo finds harder wall to head-butt.
This thread is about the protection of artist's copyright and how not to compose a screenshot for upload.
Please stay on topic.
Reply #46 Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:03 PM
| I know.. I am an a$$hole, jerk, smarta$$, and all the other names you can fling... I get paid to be that way. |
I'm not paid to be the recipient.
Reply #47 Sunday, October 26, 2003 10:05 PM
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Reply #41 Sunday, October 26, 2003 6:43 PM