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With ready access to all kinds of digital media, appropriating photos from internet sources with no regard to copyright protection is quite commonplace. Do you know of a profile with pictures obtained without permision? Should modern day compilers even have to ask for the use of this material found in public sites? When I asked for permission to use a picture of the Crux Guriat from Oxford University Press, they denied me because of their rules against public forums, even though the picture was for a distant grandfather of mine. At what point does information become the property of the public, and what are the repercussions of our use of them?
[Official response from Geni in discussions]