Peter Mackay wrote:
But for casual shots, it is not only unnecessary to doubt the word of the user in these cases about the copyright status, but the risk of legal intervention is so low as to be nil. Additionally, in a case like this, it will be absolutely clear to the copyright owner who to complain to. I think this sort of thing is very, very low priority.
You seem to be saying it's OK to break the law if you can get away with it, but I think you misunderstand my point.
Your misconception of law is phenomenal. In some situations the breach of the law does not happen until there has been a complaint by someone with standing.
I agree that these photographs are (mostly) non-controversial. But what is the absolutely correct way of uploading them so we can use them with *zero* risk of being sued?
Zero risk is a figment of your imagination.
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