04-05-2009, 07:39 PM
graylocks wrote:
[quote=richorlin]
Since when did Walmart become the copyright police? It's not their job to protect anyone. I think the clerk was overstepping his authority. The only time he has any say in what gets printed is if it's child-porn. Even then, all he can do is call the police.
if they spot you, even my local library will stop users from copying copyrighted material beyond use limits. perhaps liability has been extended to establishments in lawsuits. walmart has deep pockets - it wouldn't surprise me if there have been attempts to go after businesses with assets to tap.
I can understand the library stopping you from copying books, but since when did the minimum-wage clerk at Walmart become knowledgeable as to what pictures ALREADY have a copyright on them. "Oh sir, that photograph is too good. You, a rank amateur never could have taken that, so therefore, you must be stealing that". This is BS.