I had posted a question in 'Real Trains' about the UP aux tender, and included a pic I found on the internet. While I was aware of copyright stuff, I totally missed that the pic I grabbed said plainly at the bottom, that it had a copyright. So...I got in big trouble and was locked out of my access to OGR until I reviewed the TOS for OGR and stated I understood and would follow the guidelines from now on. In questioning a couple things about photos, I learned that the ones you get off the internet that have a copyright, apparently have a code embedded in them, and even if you download, save, edit the pic, it is still there. 'Bots' continually scan content in all sites looking for that code, they found me or more accurately OGR, with a posted with no permission copyrighted pic, and it is a big deal, with fines that can be applied. So, if you are dumb like me and totally miss the text that says it is copyrighted, remember that the pic you want to grab and post that has no copyright notice, could be coded. Since the 'Real Trains' section might have more pix grabbed off of other internet sites than other topics, don't screw up like I did.
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