[OCMike]

Exactly right. Some here need to brush up on Copyright Law. I am a professional photographer and I have successfully sued several persons and corporations for using my registered copyrighted images without permissible use licensing. The law is very clear. If you click the shutter, you own the image.

The image depicted here was not used for editorial use or personal use. It was used commercially. Palin’s marketing people should know better. Just because it’s “on the internet” doesn’t mean you can infringe on the rights of the photographer or copyright owner.

[usconservative]

The law is very clear. If you click the shutter, you own the image.

So then if I click a picture of you doing something, I can market and sell that image as much as I want potentially making millions of dollars and you, the subject of the image can do nothing about it?

[Timber Rattler]

The image depicted here was not used for editorial use or personal use. It was used commercially.

No it wasn't. SarahPAC is a non-profit, and the image is so iconic and widespread now that Fair Use certainly applies, especially since it was used to commemorate 9/11 and not to solicit funds or advertise for a particular candidate.

[Windflier]

The image depicted here was not used for editorial use or personal use. It was used commercially.

She posted it on her personal Facebook page to accompany a written tribute to the victims and heroes of 9/11. How is that commercial usage?