I'm an ethical person, but I'm also unethical as well.
On my Job corp center here, I'm known as "The PK" to some, because I have vast collection of "media" (Safer word than warez 
). But, I do link back to or give credit to the original creators.
When I used to design websites for people, I used to host their image on my server, and include ALL the links/searches/images I used. If the image was modified, I put how it was modified.
I've had quite a few people rip my stuff off before, i.e. the works below;
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The first one, I took the idea from YouTube, but made it into my own 'design' so to speak. The second one, I got hella bored, and just threw in nearly every filter I had, swapped things around, and mashed the bevels into something that looked good.
Mind you, I've found BOTH of these images on other peoples website. I even caught someone trying to sell the original website as their own. What were they selling? A PNG Image with my Source Code, all of my CSS/HTML Scripts were there, the PHP/SQL weren't.
But what the OP said, and the quote about Inman, I agree with. IF you're going to use someone elses work, at least contact them and ask!
- Thomas
Oh yeah, and if anyone wants that PSD, let me know. I'll dig it out. :) The coding is non-existent due to MegaUpload going down, and the FBI nuking all the drives.
