internet picture posting
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internet picture posting
Have a serious question to post here that I need a legit answer to...
I see a lot of pics of people that have been put on the internet that came from blogs, home videos, e-mails. The pictures with the highest hits needless to say, are the ones of people caught in funny or embarrassing situations. Are there any privacy violations/copyright issues involved when people keep passing these pics on to other people say via e-mail or thru BBS forums , with no permission from the subject person/s? ...
Do the people that have these pics of them on the internet sign away their right to privacy somewhere along the line ? How does this posting of peoples pics on the internet work anyway, from a copyright/privacy standpoint ? What if a person has a embarassing picture of them out on the net, that was unknowingly taken by a cell/cam user ? ...
My wife gets a lot of funny e-mails/ pics from her cousin, that I would love to link them out on here. But, I dont want to violate anyones rights to privacy or cause problems on the site here, by doing so before getting informed. thanks
I see a lot of pics of people that have been put on the internet that came from blogs, home videos, e-mails. The pictures with the highest hits needless to say, are the ones of people caught in funny or embarrassing situations. Are there any privacy violations/copyright issues involved when people keep passing these pics on to other people say via e-mail or thru BBS forums , with no permission from the subject person/s? ...
Do the people that have these pics of them on the internet sign away their right to privacy somewhere along the line ? How does this posting of peoples pics on the internet work anyway, from a copyright/privacy standpoint ? What if a person has a embarassing picture of them out on the net, that was unknowingly taken by a cell/cam user ? ...
My wife gets a lot of funny e-mails/ pics from her cousin, that I would love to link them out on here. But, I dont want to violate anyones rights to privacy or cause problems on the site here, by doing so before getting informed. thanks
Last edited by Greg 79 f150; Sep 30, 2006 at 08:20 PM.
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good question, i hope someone here has the legal eagle answer to it, i would like to know myself.
my wife does alot of photography and posts it on the internet. the good ones she puts her name off on the side but i don't think there is any legal thing about it.
i have seen sites that have some programs that keep people from downloading thier pics.
also my wife has been threatened before that she will get in trouble for displaying pics of people she takes of and posts them, i say as long as it is in public, then it is legal to do as long as she is not making up something about them that they didn't do.
my wife does alot of photography and posts it on the internet. the good ones she puts her name off on the side but i don't think there is any legal thing about it.
i have seen sites that have some programs that keep people from downloading thier pics.
also my wife has been threatened before that she will get in trouble for displaying pics of people she takes of and posts them, i say as long as it is in public, then it is legal to do as long as she is not making up something about them that they didn't do.
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Just a guess, but, if you're going to chat with someone over the internet with video conferencing, you give up all rights to privacy, UNLESS there is some sort of contract between you and the person you are chatting with. Any transmissions you make over the internet should be considered public domain unless otherwise specified in a contract with the person you are communicating with.
It's kinda like talking face to face with someone and they take your picture with a camera; what are you going to do, you can ask for the film, or for them to delete the picture from the camera, but unless you specifically ask that they don't record your video broadcast or take screenshots then you have no recourse.
It's kinda like talking face to face with someone and they take your picture with a camera; what are you going to do, you can ask for the film, or for them to delete the picture from the camera, but unless you specifically ask that they don't record your video broadcast or take screenshots then you have no recourse.
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Recently Fox news had all the clips of the interview with Clinton pulled off Youtube for copyright issues. If a party has a copyright on an image, they own it, (sometimes they don't care if you use it, if spreading the image makes them money).
If it comes off the movies, radio or TV, it's probably been copyrighted. There is a loophole called Fair Use that most of these email things fall under. For the most part, Fair Use makes it legit to pass these around. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...view/chapter9/
Hey bf, here's a link your wife might want to check out for her pics. http://www.copyrightwebsite.com/defa...w/FairUse.aspx
If it comes off the movies, radio or TV, it's probably been copyrighted. There is a loophole called Fair Use that most of these email things fall under. For the most part, Fair Use makes it legit to pass these around. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...view/chapter9/
Hey bf, here's a link your wife might want to check out for her pics. http://www.copyrightwebsite.com/defa...w/FairUse.aspx
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Great links you provided Howdy, thanks. Well, it looks like the interent has created the largest copyright violating machine in the history of technological advancements. I did not read all the material on the links word for word, but I think I get the jest of the term "fair use"...
What I do not understand is, when a person opens links or funny emails pics and passes them on, how does one know there is a blantant copyright violation being committed, if any ? If the person passing on the net info is not creating income from it, or editing the material causing it to become what it is not meant to be, is their harm being done that could become a litigation case ?
What I do not understand is, when a person opens links or funny emails pics and passes them on, how does one know there is a blantant copyright violation being committed, if any ? If the person passing on the net info is not creating income from it, or editing the material causing it to become what it is not meant to be, is their harm being done that could become a litigation case ?
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Maybe have a gander at this Greg ?
I use both these sites.
http://photobucket.com/terms.php
http://community.webshots.com/html/violation.htm
I use both these sites.
http://photobucket.com/terms.php
http://community.webshots.com/html/violation.htm
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