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Old 01-31-2012, 08:07 PM
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Thanks for the answer and thanks for the welcome.

The internet is full of forums and blogs where posted images are long detached from their original sources. In my opinion, these images are fair game because anyone who decides to post an original image without first making an effort to somehow physically protect or watermark the image should have no expectation that the image that they've posted won't be downloaded and shared elsewhere. Posting an unprotected image on the internet is kind of like adding a gallon of pure spring water to a lake hoping that the gallon that you've added won't get mixed in with the millions of gallons of water that are already in the lake. Of course, that's just my opinion on the matter.