02-23-2012, 12:00 AM
Embedding an image is different than hosting it, Embedding an image is still linking to an image except it shows the image instead of the link.
Unfortunately most politicians don't understand how the internet work and are almost constantly making terribly flawed "Internet Piracy" laws, Ironically the Congressman who sponsored the infamous SOPA bill uses a copyrighted image on his official website without giving credit to the owner.
There is another "Internet Piracy" bill called ACTA that has already been signed by our President, it is just waiting for a few European countries to sign it before it can become law. Thankfully there have been major protests over this and countries are starting to oppose it.
Just to be safe I always give a link, You don't need to give credit for a link since it will usually go to the owners site, I am not sure what the rules are for embedding, like I said earlier it is almost the same as a link, but the law might saw different.
Unfortunately most politicians don't understand how the internet work and are almost constantly making terribly flawed "Internet Piracy" laws, Ironically the Congressman who sponsored the infamous SOPA bill uses a copyrighted image on his official website without giving credit to the owner.
There is another "Internet Piracy" bill called ACTA that has already been signed by our President, it is just waiting for a few European countries to sign it before it can become law. Thankfully there have been major protests over this and countries are starting to oppose it.
Just to be safe I always give a link, You don't need to give credit for a link since it will usually go to the owners site, I am not sure what the rules are for embedding, like I said earlier it is almost the same as a link, but the law might saw different.
Justin Miller
Modeling the Lebanon Industrial Railway (LIRY)
Modeling the Lebanon Industrial Railway (LIRY)