Friday, February 01, 2008

Did you know that when you post pictures to Facebook, that you lose legal right to say where those images go? It appears that one of the factors of agreeing to be on the popular site is that the "owner" can reproduce and sell your images in any way they see fit. I'm guessing it's pretty much the same with any of these sites, including blogs. I'll have to do some more checking myself on this.

I found this out in a course I was taking yesterday on Photoshop Elements. The instructor was mentioning this in the class and I was surprised. I expect it's the same on any of these sites... perhaps even blogger. Out of curiosity, I'll be doing some checking myself.

Before I go, I have to share a comment made creator of Facebook upon being asked questions about this "ownership" of photos issue. He said something like "I don't think anyone out there is naive enough to think they can get anything for free"...

Hmmm. Capitalism at it's best!

2 Comments:

Blogger mister anchovy said...

On my blog, I post a Creative Commons, non-commercial, share-and-share-alike license. Basically, I'm saying, go ahead and use my stuff for anything non-commercial, I'm happy to share...but please don't go and try and make money off my material.
I know I can't really stop anyone from copping images or text from my blog, but I think making the offer to share non-commercially is a good choice. Anyone can get the code for one of these licenses...here

10:09 PM  
Blogger r. said...

Facebook is evil. It has lost its flavor. These days, I'm revisiting Flickr! heh! You have an account there Lola?

Well I think if one puts anything up online, be prepared cuz anything can happen! Why? Cuz it's the internet! ahaha!

Hello Lola!

6:46 PM  

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