Comments on: How Should I Respond to Copied Photos?

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:48:00 +0000

@Margaret: If you want to write a post of your own that's related or in reference to someone else's, you can just link to the post you're talking about. For example, I'm writing about something Legal Andrew posted in this very post, and I just linked to it ("a great post at Legal Andrew", above). Something similar to that would work.

You might write (not to put words in your mouth, but just as an example): "A post my friend Voyagerfan5761 wrote at the end of last summer got me thinking..." and so on.

Note that if I used WordPress, I could fix your comment for you, but Blogger is rather limited. In the future... I'm planning to switch at some point in the next few years.

By: Margaret Sch.

Margaret Sch. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:26:00 +0000

I wanted to say, of course, “what IF I want to post an irate rant that’s in agreement with your own indignant protest?”

By: Margaret Sch.

Margaret Sch. — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 15:25:00 +0000

What is I want to post an irate rant that’s in agreement with your own indignant protest? Anyway, did you end up asking that person to give you credit for your photos? Did he or she readily do so, as one would expect?

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:35:00 +0000

@88michael: I've seen bigger stinks made about using photos without permission/attribution (did y'all hear about the uproar over the "Here Comes Another Bubble" video?), and it obviously is a significant problem. But what makes Facebook ridiculous (in your words) is the fact that you're not just violating someone's rights; you're giving away a ton of their rights without permission. Ain't that great?

By: 88michael

88michael — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:34:00 +0000

That’s really unfortunate. Using a photo taken by someone else without giving credit happens a lot (not saying that it is good), but uploading other people’s photos to Facebook is just ridiculous.

By: Voyagerfan5761

Voyagerfan5761 — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:04:00 +0000

Oh, I should mention that I found a lone copied photo a while back in the same person’s account. She (sorry, you guessed wrong ) just evaded the question when I asked where she’d gotten it. That was months ago. I suppose I could try again…

By: i80and

i80and — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:12:00 +0000

Ouch. That's got to hurt.

I'd suggest messaging this person and attempting to clear the matter up first. Bringing the matter up directly with Facebook would, while perhaps being the most efficient route, probably make the guy angry with you, especially if it was just an honest slip of the mind, however unlikely.

If he refuses to add credit or remove the pictures in accordance with your wishes, or takes too long to respond (this seems like it would be fairly time sensitive), then more extreme measures could be taken, and methinks rightfully so.

Hope you get this worked out. Having content stolen is not cool.