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geremy condra debatem1 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 4 17:37:46 EDT 2010


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

Geremy Condra



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