Anyone willing to share their pictures for a presentation on Scottish national dress?

[Jock Scot]

I am not sure what the protocol is of pictures published here on xmarksthescot being used for other purposes and baring that in mind, if you can find a picture of mine on this website that may be of use to you, then I give you consent to use it. Good luck.

[Father Bill]

You're welcome to any in my XMarks album that you might find useful. You might want to just put XMarks onto your projector and take them for a walk through some of what's here. Since it's Internet, my understanding is that it's public.

[ratspike]

Since it's Internet, my understanding is that it's public.

Heh, no, it's not. To the OP, IANAL but your presentation may very well fall under fair use. Might be worth a bit of research.

[Father Bill]

Bob, @ratspike help me out here - is nobody allowed to show a projection of Internet pages to a group of people? How would one ever supervise/ enforce/ manage that? Since the Internet is available to all of those people individually, isn't it available to them as a group?

Would the laws vary in different nations? Under those circumstances, would the laws of the U.S. apply because our site's hosted there, the laws of Canada apply because it's owned here, the laws of the nation where it's being shown apply, or the laws of the nation from which the OP made the posting?

Just interested in all of this because it's an area about which I know little or nothing. Perhaps our legal beagles will chime in - you may actually be one of those.

Fascinating area about which I'd love to learn a lot more, but my understanding has always been that once I upload it, I've lost control of it in the same way that when I broadcast something, it's private all the way to the tip of my antenna and after that, anyone can listen to it or see it. Canada's Supreme Court for one, made that decision back in the '80s as I recall.

Thanks for chiming in!

[ratspike]

Bob, @ratspike help me out here - is nobody allowed to show a projection of Internet pages to a group of people? How would one ever supervise/ enforce/ manage that? Since the Internet is available to all of those people individually, isn't it available to them as a group?

So again, as IANAL I'm not an expert on copyright law and don't know the specifics of what would be considered fair use. I *think* that a slideshow for educational purposes would likely fall under fair use. I *think* that a slideshow as part of, say, a sales pitch would not. And no, because it's available on the internet that doesn't mean that someone has the legal right to use it for their own purposes.

Would the laws vary in different nations? Under those circumstances, would the laws of the U.S. apply because our site's hosted there, the laws of Canada apply because it's owned here, the laws of the nation where it's being shown apply, or the laws of the nation from which the OP made the posting?

Copyright law does vary from one country to the next. If, for example, I post a photo here, then where the site is hosted and where Steve lives don't matter. That photo is my intellectual property, I own the copyright, and I control it's use unless there's something in the TOS that I agreed to when I joined that transfers my copyright to someone else.

Fascinating area about which I'd love to learn a lot more, but my understanding has always been that once I upload it, I've lost control of it in the same way that when I broadcast something, it's private all the way to the tip of my antenna and after that, anyone can listen to it or see it. Canada's Supreme Court for one, made that decision back in the '80s as I recall.

Yeah, sad but true, once something is uploaded to teh internets you really do lose a lot of control over it. That doesn't mean that you don't still retain copyright, only that lots of people don't understand or don't care, and happily use said internets as their own personal, free, stock service. I'm not familiar with Canadian copyright law because, again, IANAL, but I'd be a little surprised if it treats copyright that way.

[Father Bill]

Much appreciated. It's tricky stuff!

[unixken]

You are welcome to use any that I have posted on this site. If it's easier than searching, you can take a look here, at the album in my profile:

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/m...ums/best-pics/

Other pics are scattered throughout the site. You are welcome to use any you feel are worthy.

[CMcG]

Here's a few of mine that you could use. I've provided "large" versions here, but I'm not sure what you requirements are for resolution...

For credit, my name is Colin McGuire and my clan tartan is MacQuarrie.

Casual



Smart


Formal

[Tasty Rabbit]

You can use any pics I've posted here .