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I don't think you know the fair use of copyrights pertaining to photography, which explicitly states that use of any image rights held by another must be attributed to the original owner when replicating or featuring the image anywhere other than its original site of communication. Even most creative commons licensing have this same clause that in order to build upon whichever original work, the one who transmutes the piece must also refer to whom the composer was from which the new work stems.

Furthermore, it is very upsetting to read that this can somehow be construed as my buddy's fault for creating a popular enough image that others would like to post it elsewhere without recognizing its author or the work he put in creating it. That is stealing, no matter whether or not anyone one of us makes coin off of it. I just wanted to raise a small bit of awareness, as well as recognizing the creator of your particular, previously-posted image.

I'm not saying anybody here is at fault, but I do realize that there are certain simple measures we can all try to employ to accurately represent creators, their work, and how to find them. It was a suggestion towards future returns, not an affront to your sensibilities, Shell.



KEEPING GOD CLOSE: A Marine with “God” written on his helmet patrolled a
poppy field near Marjah, Afghanistan, Tuesday. NATO’s Taliban offensive is
facing pockets of resistance and roadside bombs, officials said.
-- (Patrick Baz/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images/Feb. 23, 2010)

[WSJ.]

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