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Photo-Sharing Site Runs Afoul of Facebook encourages posting photos of friends charging for removal
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| February 11, 2009
| Douglas MacMillan
Posted on 02/11/2009 2:05:51 PM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
Sounds like criminal extortion to me...
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:06:47 PM PST
by
Virginia Ridgerunner
(Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:07:01 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: JoeProBono
Who says you can’t profit bigtime from blackmail?
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:07:33 PM PST
by
library user
(Rod Blagojevich should have been TIME MAGAZINE'S "Person of the Year.")
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:09:46 PM PST
by
Uncle Miltie
(This is not an Administration. It is a Sitcom.)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:11:56 PM PST
by
Daffynition
("Beauty is in the sty of the beholder." ~ Joe 6-pack)
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Me too...I went and read the article, they were reported to the FBI, but an expert says extortion would be difficult to prove.
To: mnehrling
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:12:32 PM PST
by
library user
(Rod Blagojevich should have been TIME MAGAZINE'S "Person of the Year.")
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Mass marketed extortion, at that. I can’t see how this could even be remotely legal.
To: JoeProBono
I just had a brainstorm. If this company wanted to make a mint, they should pay commissions for photo submitters whenever someone pays to have a photo removed.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:14:32 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: mnehrling
They already thought of that, and implemented it.
They also can "earn referral commissions" of $10 or $20 when someone they tag becomes a member, if only to secure the removal of a photo
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Me too.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:19:32 PM PST
by
starlifter
(Sapor Amo Pullus)
To: Daffynition
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:19:50 PM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: messierhunter
I guess I should have checked the site first. :->
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:20:19 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Sounds like criminal extortion to me... Yep.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:20:28 PM PST
by
Skooz
(Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us)
To: JoeProBono
I avoid social networking sites like the plague. This is yet another reason to do so.
The problem of course, is that some buffoon I know could take a picture of me doing something indiscreet (not that I would of course) and post it to their site, which could then get me in trouble. It's a thorny problem.
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:21:51 PM PST
by
Troll_House_Cookies
(Ironically, Chancellor Obama's first re-education camp will be in Alaska.)
To: JoeProBono
According to my in-house counsel, the tort is called “invasion of privacy,” or “appropriation of a likeness.”
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:22:00 PM PST
by
MeanWestTexan
(Beware Obama's Reichstag fire.)
To: TheWasteLand
your avoiding those sites won’t stop the buffoon friend from doing that. It just means you would be the last person to know there is a photo of you peeing floating on the net.
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posted on
02/11/2009 2:22:08 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: mnehrling
That’s true. As I say, it’s a thorny problem.
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