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Originally Posted by osnova
Unless the image is protected by copyright or trademark (my avatar is protected by both), I do not see a problem. If you feel strongly about it, talk to the guy and I am sure you could come to an amicable resolution.
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It's just courtesy to not use the same avatar as someone else on the same forum. It's not a matter of who owns the avatar image used. It's just being polite. Sure, once it's no longer in use then feel free to have at it. But it's just not a nice thing to do.
There is a thread on avatars and some have mentioned that they see the avatar before they see the user's name and know who it is based on the avatar before seeing the name. So using someone else's avatar can cause others to think what is being said is from someone else. Would you want others to mistake someone else as you?