On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 23:27:02 GMT, Larry Dighera
wrote:

Such a line contained in the eBay orchid seller's auction page would
only display the photographic image without automatically attributing
it to the photographer. But faulting the eBay seller for failing to
attribute the photographer is groundless, as it is the photographer's
responsibility to copyright his work, not the eBay seller's. It would
be courteous for the eBay seller to attribute the photograph to the
photographer, but not required by law, IMO.

It's simple; works that contain _no_ copyright notice are not
copyrighted.

Larry, clearly the internet presents some interesting copyright
issues, but your last statement above is absolute untrue. Works do
not have to contain a copyright statement or notice for copyright law
to hold. Obviously, your mind is pretty well made up and I doubt my
comments will sway you, however I would suggest others do some
research before adopting your position.

deg