photonapping*

Tropical Painting Detail, Gulfshores, AL 4/2007

All reproduction rights reserved Wm. Greiner

There is a very interesting article which appeared in the Washington Post today, "Hey, isn't that...?", citing incidences where major corporations co-opted photographs off the internet for commercial use without the photographer's permission!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/08/AR2008010804626.html

* The act of taking an image from the internet and using it for commercial purposes without the photographers permission.