Pinterest users lifting pictures from forum
I've always said watch all what you post about your personal information regarding your family and RV on a public forum. A friend of mine found a picture of my RV that I posted here on Pinterest. A...
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JaxDad wrote:toedtoes wrote:JaxDad wrote:toedtoes wrote:
As an amateur photographer, I generally do not post my photos on any internet forums, FB, Twitter, etc. I've known multiple artists who have had images stolen off the internet - the thieves were usually using those images to sell mugs, mouse pads, and such on cafepress, etc. The sad thing is, those thieves weren't even stealing the "good works" - they stole anything and everything.
I'm the other way around, as an avid photographer and pilot I've got a huge number of my aerial photos online, BUT, they are only posted on places where it is clearly indicated that they are copyright protected, that they are available for commercial use (for a fee of course) and that any unauthorized use will be prosecuted.
I've 'sold' way more photos by finding them and sending a demand letter than I ever would just offering them. It's also REALLY hard for 'offenders' to negotiate the price they're going to pay after the fact. ;-p
I should clarify. I do have my photos posted online where someone can purchase them, etc. However, I don't post them on forums like this, FB and other sites with TOCs that claim rights to what I post and don't let me cancel those rights, and so on.
Assuming it's me personally who both owns the copyright and posts the photos.
They'd have to get whatever forum owner to divulge all the details about the registrant, good luck with that, and then prove Elmer J. Fud (the registrant) had the legal right to give up those rights.
By posting a photo on FB, you give FB the rights to do whatever they want with that photo - including selling it to someone else. It's not always a matter of some Joe Blow going out to find your photo - many times, it's the forum owner finding buyers for your photo.
