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[John Bokma]

geremy condra <debatem1 at gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:55 PM, John Bokma <john at castleamber.com> wrote:
>> I know of the use of Lena. And to be honest, I agree with Playboy that
>> they have the copyright. Some of the articles published on image
>> processing end up behind a paywall or in a book. And I don't think the
>> authors will be very happy if I convert their work in PDFs and offer it
>> as free download on my site. Everybody wants a free ride until they have
>> to create and maintain the rides in their own precious time with their
>> own money.
>
> Playboy permits use of the image for research,

OK, then I don't get the issue, and if you can enlighten me on it I will
be thankful.

> so unless you planned
> on getting permission from the authors first this is a totally invalid
> comparison.

Clear. But my free ride remark stands IMO

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John Bokma                                                               j3b

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