Avatars

[Knock-on]

Quick technical question.

 

If someone has a animated avatar (and I think we know the ones I'm talking about ) can I use them on another forum or are they peoples property and only available on here?

[richyb66]

I can't see that it's a problem, most people only pinch there avatar from somewhere else anyway - I know I did!

[Shaft]

fill yer boots Larry.... I stole them as intimated above anyway.

[Grizzly]

Mine's stolen , but I'll give it back of course if anyone asks me to.

[Shaft]

I Googled "animated gifs" and there are loads for free!

HTH

 

 

Narrow your search...

 

Google 'Bouncy Gif's' instead.

[Guest The Modfather]

The definition of theft:

 

To dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another with the intention to permenantly deprive the other of it.

 

Thus; are you intending to permenantly deprive and is your appropriation dishonest?

Sadly though, property has to have some level of tangibility, that being "to hold" or something that has a level of realness. A computerised image or any other electronic communication technically cannot be held as in it's usual form it is inside the computer as code. Once it has been printed or downloaded to disc or other capture device it is then tangible, however, under the computer misuse act, images and text can be classed as property before this, and therefore can be stolen.

 

If the gifs are put onto a site that openly allows downloads, then that is fine.

 

 

WHAT AM I DOING ALL THIS FOR? WE JUST WANT GIFS OF BOUNCING WANGERS!!!!!!!!

[Shaft]

The definition of theft:

 

To dishonestly appropriate property belonging to another with the intention to permenantly deprive the other of it.

 

Thus; are you intending to permenantly deprive and is your appropriation dishonest?

Sadly though, property has to have some level of tangibility, that being "to hold" or something that has a level of realness. A computerised image or any other electronic communication technically cannot be held as in it's usual form it is inside the computer as code. Once it has been printed or downloaded to disc or other capture device it is then tangible, however, under the computer misuse act, images and text can be classed as property before this, and therefore can be stolen.

 

If the gifs are put onto a site that openly allows downloads, then that is fine.

 

 

WHAT AM I DOING ALL THIS FOR? WE JUST WANT GIFS OF BOUNCING WANGERS!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

Daz, you really ought to clock off now and again mate....

 

The above does tend too make you seem a tad stereotypical of your job.

 

Nick.

[Guest dinger]

Daz, you really ought to clock off now and again mate....

 

The above does tend too make you seem a tad stereotypical of your job.

 

Nick.

 

 

He did say "WANGERS" though

[Longboarder]

And I thought Shafts avatar was a shot of a builders b*m. I must get my eyes checked.

 

Isn't using an avatar that you didn't make yourself more likely to be a copyright infringement?

 

Nigel

[Guest The Modfather]

Daz, you really ought to clock off now and again mate....

 

The above does tend too make you seem a tad stereotypical of your job.

 

Nick.

 

I had literally just finished 7 straight 9 hour shifts and it does take me some time to "clock off" Nick

 

 

 

Back to the point in hand, if it is on offer and is stated for free usage, then that is fine. Albeit being civil law, I believe that Copyright has to be stated? Otherwise how the hell would you track down the originator/owner?