Right, it depends on being able to reliably trace the violation to a particular individual. That's hard over bittorrent, not so hard when it's a company's websi

Right, it depends on being able to reliably trace the violation to a particular individual. That's hard over bittorrent, not so hard when it's a company's website or a personal blog. >Members of the general public don't routinely pay for photos in a forum post Just because lots of people do it doesn't make it right. Rehosting someone else's photo is a violation of their copyright, and should require that you buy a license for the photo. If it's not for sale, then you can't do it, period.