Ah just like the good old days
It is unfortunate that other steped in, leading to a lengthy discussion.
That's funny... if you look at the thread... yours is the first off topic post. I stepped in because you were accusing the OP of something that he wasn't guilty of in the first place.
Just have a look on this map.
(map truncated for brevity)
You will find Singapore, UK and most other countries in blue, indicating they have signed the agreement. Since CS is Singapore based it MUST follow the same law, regardless what you personally think or where I live.
The Berne Convention is valid whatever you say
I'm not dismissing the validity of the Berne Convention, the fact here is that you're completely missing the point. The point is, the Berne Convention (as well as specific US, UK, and I believe Singapore legislation) specifically
permits the reproduction of the photograph in the context of this thread (subject to acknowledgement as I have been saying).
I'm glad you've done the research and dug up the map of the signatories to Berne, but it would really help if you do the research on the Convention itself (try Article 10), before using it as your authority.
I am far from holie, but would never try to convince others that something which is wrong is actually right because others do it, or because it is a different country and so on. Several posters tried that here.
No, what you're trying to do is convince people that something "which is right is actually wrong". This is a classic case of a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Go and do some research on copyright legislation in Singapore, and find out about the provisions for fair use.
In fact I've decided to go and do a bit of legwork, took about 3 minutes if that, to find the specific position in Singapore. Copyright Act (Chapter 63) 1987, sections 35-37 relate to copying that doesn't constitute an infringement for the purposes of fair dealing.
35. (1A) The purposes for which a dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, may constitute a fair dealing under subsection (1) shall include research and study.
36. A fair dealing with a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work, or with an adaptation of a literary, dramatic or musical work, shall not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the work if it is for the purpose of criticism or review, whether of that work or of another work, and a sufficient acknowledgment of the work is made.
As I have been saying all along, this quite reasonably falls under research/study purposes, and/or as a review of photographic technique. I have also stressed on each occasion that the OP has failed to provide sufficient acknowledgement of the author.
But the actual act of reproducing the image in this thread isn't a violation of copyright on its own. The Berne Convention that you so happily go on about, says essentially the same thing in Article 10.
I am not a lawyer as you point out, nor am I an authority on matters such as this, but I have a law degree having majored in intellectual property, and a follow up MA in the photographic image. I am also a full time photographer with a reasonable appreciation of my rights so I certainly wouldn't play down a photographer's rights because it's not in my best interest. That's the basis and the background of my information.
