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Originally Posted by Fodus Empire
... really?
I mean, I'm all for photographers rights and all that but to this extent? Personally I'd be honoured (and am, a few people I know have done it) for someone to use my shots as their wallpaper.
There's no financial loss and if anything, more exposure (somewhat) for said shooter.
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If it says "all rights reserved" that means "please don't use it without asking me". You could certainly contact the person who took a shot you like and, in most cases, they would probably be fine with you using it. If you ignore the stated copyright and just take without asking, they don't even get the benefit from the warm fuzzy feeling of knowing someone else loves their work.
There is no shortage of excellent images that are available free or just for the asking so I don't see that there is any good reason to break the licence under which others make their work available.
Wulf