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[Closed] Sharing photos posted in the public domain

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What is the general take on this? If say for example a photo is posted on a public (no request to join etc) Facebook page and then shared by a 3rd party outside of Facebook, does the original poster have any claim to that photo if no watermarks / copyright type stuff is evident on the original photo, and can they therefore complain about further public sharing?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:00 am
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are you using it for commercial use?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:05 am
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Not in the slightest. I should add, posted on a personal social media account


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:07 am
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https://gizmodo.com/who-actually-owns-your-content-when-you-post-it-to-the-1819953868

Best quick summary I found, you are still the creator of the image and own it but you have licensed it to be shared etc.

This is probably where some context is important - who's pic have you nicked and what you done with it!! It's not the tubeless one from here is it?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:13 am
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can they therefore complain about further public sharing?

They shared it publicly and are now complaining other people are doing the same? or are they complaining that they aren't credited?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:15 am
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so did you share it? ie clicked the share button with all the links back to the original, or took a copy and uploaded it elsewhere without any credit or link back to the original source?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:19 am
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as long as there was a credit/link to Instagram account etc I'd have no problem with it for pvt use. commercial is another matter & I've contacted companies who have used my stuff without asking & invoiced/ asked them to remove it.


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 9:20 am
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It’s not the tubeless one from here is it?

Nope

They shared it publicly and are now complaining other people are doing the same? or are they complaining that they aren’t credited?

They're saying that photos aren't free.

so did you share it? ie clicked the share button with all the links back to the original, or took a copy and uploaded it elsewhere without any credit or link back to the original source?

Shared, cropped, no credit as it was just on a public post


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 10:27 am
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Shared, cropped, no credit as it was just on a public post

You should have just linked to the original post then.

Also this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47128788


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 11:21 am
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If you didn’t take it or buy a licence you don’t have any rights to post it elsewhere. Just because it’s on the internet doesn’t make it public property. Replace ‘photo’ with Hollywood movie. Would you expect to share that with no consequences?
Signed, an exasperated photographer.


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 7:13 pm
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Did you crop to remove the photographer's credit?

Are you being asked for payment now?

Is it an event pic or something like that?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 7:56 pm
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supernova - is that true in all cases? STW used a photo of mine posted on here on their facebook page without asking and I think with no attribution or linking back to the original source. I assume legally 'cos of the terms and conditions on here but if someone then copies it from facebook who holds the rights then or is it free game?


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 7:59 pm
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I just want to correct my post above - I found the facebook post I was talking about and it links back to the forum and thus to me


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 8:15 pm
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And everything you post here is property of STW iirc, check the ts&cs


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 8:18 pm
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Nearly all the pics I've posted on here are about to vanish. I got an e-mail forpm Google+ saying they are closing the service at the end of the month.


 
Posted : 07/02/2019 8:18 pm
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Did you crop to remove the photographer’s credit?

Are you being asked for payment now?

Is it an event pic or something like that?

There was no credit etc on the original photo, it was part of a montage from CXWC, the comment was "Photos aren't free"


 
Posted : 08/02/2019 9:20 am
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So I'm guessing here that you cropped the montage to get the pic of you out of it and shared that. The photographer is also selling the images from the event?


 
Posted : 08/02/2019 9:22 am
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So I’m guessing here that you cropped the montage to get the pic of you out of it and shared that. The photographer is also selling the images from the event?

First part yes, 2nd part, haven't got a clue as there doesn't seem to be any option to purchase it


 
Posted : 08/02/2019 9:45 am

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