Gary
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Someone on another forum i am on posted this:
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Originally posted by some bellend
Basically, pictures posted on this website or others cannot be used by anyone without a written authorization from the one that took the picture. There have been many instances of unauthorised use by several in either their website or facebook etc... Pictures posted are for your viewing and not use! Illegal use of proprietary images will now be prosecuted to the full extent, in ANY country.
Govern yourself accordingly,
What can he actually do if someone else posts 'his' picture in a non commercial way?
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Balling
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Bitch an moan, mostly.
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Gary
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Might keep reposting his pics for the lolz
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Tiger
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As long as you don't claim to own the picture there's little he can do? Look up copyright law.
[Edited on 22-05-2013 by Tiger]
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Welsh Dan
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I think it would be rude and childish to start posting his pics elsewhere, then sending him the links 
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Robin
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What pics are they? Post them here.
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Dom
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I've always been led to believe that you're suppose to ask permission from the original copyright holder (usually author although can be their employer); only once permission is granted for your purpose can you use it. Otherwise the copyright holder can seek legal damages or ask you to remove it.
Could be wrong but there is 'Fair Use' in copyright law and iirc you're able to use an image or photo as long as you credited the original author or copyright holder but it wholly depends on how the material is to be used and the specifics differ per country.
The 'grey' area appears to be using an image from say Google Images and not being able to track down the original author of the work - no idea what happens in that situation.
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micra_pete
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quote:
Fair dealing is one of the permitted uses in UK Copyright Law that allow a person to carry out certain acts that would have otherwise been considered as an infringement if it wasn’t for the exceptions of fair dealing. The fair dealing exceptions are found in Sections 29 and 30 of the CDPA 1998.
In the UK, there are three fair dealing exceptions provided by the CDPA:
Fair dealing for the purpose of research or private study. (Section 29(1))
Fair dealing for the purpose of criticism or review. (Section 30(1))
Fair dealing for the purpose of reporting current events. (Section 30(2))
thats normally a good cover all.
[Edited on 22-05-2013 by micra_pete]
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Gary
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Excellent. The tosser.
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LeeM
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oh god, theres a photoshop opportunity here.
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ed
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Once you put something on the internet, you loose control of it. End of. If his photos are so precious then he should be keeping them offline.
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andy1868
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i think technically they remain the intellectual property of the photographer regardless of whether they're on the internet, in the same way as music on youtube still being subject to copyright. In a practical, realistic way what Ed is saying is probably about right they put it on the web at their own risk!
At the same time, i think you'd get away with it if you've genuinely made an effort to try and contact the photographer but couldn't get details for any reason. Alot of people will put copyright info and a phone number etc into the exif data in their photos, if that information has been stripped it indicates wrong doing, but at the same time i think Facebook etc strip it on their uploaders so who knows.
Worse comes to worst, they'll get in contact either with an invoice or telling you to stop using it. If you don't stop using it they might take legal action but i'm not sure how far that could go. If they were that arsed they'd get in contact with the hosting company who are likely to promptly remove it because they CBA with the hassle.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
Once you put something on the internet, you loose control of it. End of. If his photos are so precious then he should be keeping them offline.
IIRC, unless the copyright holder has placed it in the public domain then copyright law still applies regardless of them 'posting' it on the internet.
Edit - UK copyright law - http://www.ihaveawebsite-nowwhat.co.uk/copyright/
[Edited on 22-05-2013 by Dom]
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ed
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Copyright law pay apply to any form of IP you produce, but you've still got to go through the joy of suing someone if the breach it. My sentiments are simply the reality of the situation for the vast majority of people who share content online.
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