[UBSeng]

Hmmm, my daughter had a project where she was supposed to include pictures of her research subjects. What does she do: she googles the subject and downloads/prints the pics.

That got me thinking: isn't this technically potentially illegal? Shouldn't the teacher make sure the kids get the photographers' permission? After all, kids should be able to trust their teachers.

I know this is really harmless but it is the foundation of the kids' belief that it is ok to just download pics. As if anything they find online is there for the taking. Next thing we know these guys are all grown up stealing photographs for more serious puropses (Dwight's thread comes to mind, you can search for that).

I'd really be interested to know what you think.