>>If you took the picture, it's yours. However, I would question the use of another person's animal to represent your business, unless of course, you produced the animal and then sold it. Do not use an animal that you have not owned or produced as advertisement. Simply lacks class.
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It does not matter if you owned the animal or not. If the photo was taken by someone else it is their photo - not yours to use. Using another person' photos regardless of where you found the photo for any reason without permission from that person is considered copyright violation. The only exception to this is if the photo was clearly labeled as being "public domain". Just because something is found on the internet where the public can view it does not automatically make it public domain - it needs to be declared as public domain by the owner to be free of copyright.
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• is it wrong............? - nuthnbutbalz, Sun Mar 18 07:48:42 2007
• yes - JM, Sun Mar 18 08:47:06 2007
• Technically, - RoyerReptiles, Sun Mar 18 08:59:51 2007
• RE: Technically, - PHWyvern, Sun Mar 18 16:29:57 2007
• RE: Technically, - ginebig, Sun Mar 18 16:37:24 2007
• RE: Technically, - nuthnbutbalz, Sun Mar 18 18:02:31 2007
• RE: Technically, - nuthnbutbalz, Sun Mar 18 18:10:57 2007
• RE: is it wrong............? - MikeRusso, Sun Mar 18 11:17:29 2007
• RE: is it wrong............? - KMS, Sun Mar 18 13:09:04 2007
• RE: is it wrong............? - nuthnbutbalz, Sun Mar 18 14:19:39 2007
• Glad I could help - KMS, Sun Mar 18 16:56:18 2007
• RE: is it wrong............? - panthercz, Sun Mar 18 15:44:37 2007
• RE: Your wrong as well - DZBReptiles, Sun Mar 18 17:37:33 2007
• You are half right... - panthercz, Sun Mar 18 18:06:25 2007
• RE: You are half right... - nuthnbutbalz, Sun Mar 18 18:15:14 2007
• copyright infringement, - RoyalVariations, Sun Mar 18 18:43:33 2007