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Originally posted by rowan
No one seems to have mentioned this yet.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?...1677&area=news
Regardless of how you feel about a tiny thumbnail of your content *sometimes* going to trades, it may still be fully legal in the eyes of a US court.
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Rowan, the issue is not about posting thumbs of other peoples images. That is toltally legal ... as long as the thumbnail is linked to the actual image (gallery). The problem here is the skimming: That a certain percentage of the clicks will go to something else than the image (gallery). There has been no ruling about that by any court as far as I know.
I agree with Greenguy and Torn that it is probably technical illegal to post thumbnails on a thumb tgp that skims a certain percentage of traffic to trades. I don't really see why Torn should put in his T&C that use of his images on a skimming thumb tgp is not allowed, when it is probably technically illegal according to the copyright legislation.
It would be appreciated tho if all the sponsors who are happy to see their images on skimming thumb tgps put in their T&C that it is OK to use their FHGs on skimming tgps. Today it's a silent understanding, but as a thumb tgp webmaster I cannot use a silent understanding to anything if I come across a sponsor who doesn't like it and decide to take me to court.