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needlesandpins -> RE: Profile Photos (12/29/2012 3:24:07 PM)
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ORIGINAL: stellauk
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ORIGINAL: JeffBC
I have to agree. Nowhere does it say you must be the person in the photo or the photographer. It's just a copyright thing and who has rights has NOTHING to do with who took the photo or who is in the photo. It has to do with "who has the rights". Would that be pretty damned deceitful? Sure. But it's not against the TOS.
I'm sorry but I strongly disagree.
It's law, in fact more than this it's international law.
And what's this about copyright not having anything to do with who took the photo or who is in the photo?
It has everything to do with whoever took the photo and who is in the photo. The photographer is the original copyright holder, and both producers and publishers buy that copyright either as an entity in its own right or as part of a licence, e.g. 'first rights'.
The law clearly states that unless you are the photographer or are in the picture then you must have permission to upload any photo to Collarme because via the website you are publishing the photo and making it publicly available.
I don't know where people get this idea that just because some creative work can be found on the Internet then it's public domain. Not true. If it was then the music industry would have given their blessing to the development of Napster.
There's an entire ethical argument here.
If I picked up your car keys and decided to waltz off for a drive in your car without asking you first and without putting any gas in your car you'd probably be pissed.
The point I'm trying to make is that you wouldn't dream of using something of someone else's or taking something of their's without asking permission first, would you?
Then why is it different when we're talking about a photo on the Internet?
Stella i think i love you!
i'm willing to bet that most people don't realise that when they buy a book, or cd say, that they do not own that item. all you have done is buy the right to listen to the music, or read the story. you no more own said music or story than anyone else that has bought it. i'm an artist and for years painted other people, and their pets for a living. now, i own the copyright, not the person comissioning the painting. if it's a work entirely of my own i can do what the hell i like and reproduce it in any fashion i like, and sell it entirely as i wish. when you buy a piece of my work you do not buy the copyright. you can buy the copyright either in part, or in full, but to do so would cost you a huge amount of money.
now if i were to paint any of you you only own the right to have said painting and look at it. you have no right to reproduce it in any way unless you have my permission in writing. if i were to want to reproduce it in any way i'd also have to have your permission even though i own the copyright. you can not take the picture and claim that you painted it any more than you can use a picture on the net of someone else and claim it's you.
to bring this back on topic; i also hide profiles of guys under a certain age as they are too close to my son's age.
needles
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