THE POTHMAN CHALLENGE, BRITS v 21 Pz

[Sgt Barker]

In general one cannot use another's work without their permission. To do so is a violation of copyright. This includes posting something to the net - unless you have explicit permission it's a violation.

See this site.

From the site:

"Taking images from third-parties. The simple rule is, "Don't steal someone else's images." The moment an original image (or string of text) is fixed on a hard drive for the first time, it is protected by copyright. Any unauthorized copying of a protected image is an infringement of the creator's copyright, unless the use falls within one of the very limited exceptions to the copyright law, such as "fair use." In most cases, it is unlikely that the incorporation of an image into a commercial web-site would be considered a fair use."

BTW, copyright law usually isn't so much about one trying to make money, as preventing someone else from making money. Eg, if I put together come cool maps of the Kursk battle and post them to my site my hits increase. If someone takes those maps to their site, even if they're doing it casually, without making any money, they still arguably deprive me form making money by reducing the hits my site gets.