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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Did anyone read the article in the Metro this morning regarding the change in copyright laws that mean that unless you register every image you have online with a central registry, anyone can take your photos and do whatever they want with them?
You could argue that you don't really own them if they're online but according to the article, you still have the copyright to your images on Facebook and other sites but when this law changes, as long as thief can show they 'diligently' tried to find the author, they can take what they want and do whatever they want with it!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"maybe writing across them in transparent type would prevent them being used?
Just dont know how to do it ..  "
Almost all graphic software has a "watermark" feature which will allow you to do just that. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Agreed, thats by far the best way. The only problem with that is, do you really want all your holiday photos or fab photos with a watermark plastered right across them? If you only do it along the bottom, it can be cropped out so the only place is right across the middle but yeah, it might be the only way. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Did anyone read the article in the Metro this morning regarding the change in copyright laws that mean that unless you register every image you have online with a central registry, anyone can take your photos and do whatever they want with them?
You could argue that you don't really own them if they're online but according to the article, you still have the copyright to your images on Facebook and other sites but when this law changes, as long as thief can show they 'diligently' tried to find the author, they can take what they want and do whatever they want with it!
Scary! "
Its an interesting article but it won't circumnavigate the slander laws or people using your pictures in a negative way to you. The reality is most legit companies won't want to defend any legal action so will use pictures they have image rights to.  |
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This might be naive but if they want to get our pics off our profiles on Fab, wont they have to make a account and then friend us all? My pics arent saved to my netbook, just to here, I cant keep them on netbook in case someone in family sees them  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Did anyone read the article in the Metro this morning regarding the change in copyright laws that mean that unless you register every image you have online with a central registry, anyone can take your photos and do whatever they want with them?
You could argue that you don't really own them if they're online but according to the article, you still have the copyright to your images on Facebook and other sites but when this law changes, as long as thief can show they 'diligently' tried to find the author, they can take what they want and do whatever they want with it!
Scary! "
Copyright laws vary from country to country. Are you sure it was Copyright law and not Terms and Conditions of one or more or the social network sites taking liberties. There was one (can't remember which) which did this a few weeks ago and people were taking their pics off in their droves. They altered their T's and C's to say that the site owned the copyright and could make money off them without paying the owner (ie. you, if they're your pics) |
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By *G LanaTV/TS
over a year ago
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This relates to the UK governmnets new Enterprise and Regulatory Reform act which as I understand, means that any media where the legitimate owner can't be identified can be used commercial without any redress.
This is a specific issue in photography as most social media sites strip out any identifying meta data from images turning all photos on there sites into so called orphaned photographs open for explotation by anyone who chooses assuming they can show they have performed due diligence in trying to identify the owner. It is currently expected that just checking tthe EXIF meta data and checking with the UK central image registry, which I don't believe is operational yet, will be deemed sufficient.
The government is thought to be rushing this through as they think it will act as a stimulus to the ecconomy although the figures in the report they are basing this on have apparently been very significantly reduced.
The photography industry is quite agitated about this seeing it as a robbing of the property of inderviduals and small companies for the benefit of the large corporations. |
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