Posted on 06/24/2013 11:00:31 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
And her friends' friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their friends. And their frie...
Way to teach the kid how to bilk the system...
It doesn’t seem like this is a $2 million mistake.
....more like $12.42 in damages. It would’ve been $115 in damages, but being next to Snoop Dog makes it worth less.
Not only can Facebook use anything you post, they’ve actually puut a copyright on pictures I posted on Facebook when using them in news articles!
She made it public. That pretty much is an invitation to look. If they used the picture to make money, then she could have a copyright claim, and sue for monetary damages. But they probably didn’t.
If they used the picture in a way that a court decided should have been compensated for, the girl might be able to sue for money for the picture.
But having made the picture public, she’s got little chance of winning a suit about not “authorizing” the picture, even if she does insist she THOUGHT she set it private.
They aren’t public property, they are Facebook’s property.
It is funny how multiple freepers say the school should have to pay $2 million for SHOWING her picture without her permission, and yet it is right here at FR — surely they don’t think the site should have to pay $2 million for showing the picture?
Also, doesn’t this kind of mean she hasn’t even fixed the problem with the picture being public?
They have a non-exclusive right to it, for certain purposes.
Which is mostly so that she cannot sue FACEBOOK for allowing the school to get her picture.
A copyright credit won’t keep you from linking to a public picture. It will prevent certain uses that might be tied to profit or competitive usage.
If they simply pulled up her facebook page and showed the picture, if there was any violation of copyright, it would be HER violation for putting the picture on the internet, not their’s for looking at it.
Sounds like she wanted to generate attention,
but only from the people that she wanted to get attention from.
Funny thing, that - seems you can’t really do that with any certainty.
Reality show contract coming in 3.....2....1.....
that is incorrect and an urban legend.
like the posting of copyright notices on your facebook page or do not call list for cellphones.
We went to different schools together! I'm H.S. class of '63 also.
Compared to the stuff that comes out anymore, the ‘80s music is leagues above it..
They didn’t make ‘em like that when I was in HS, back in the early-mid 70s 60s.
All I can say is you should have been attending a better class of HS in the 60’s. The Southern Belles of Alabama had her all beat.
She has no case whatsoever. Facebook owns the photo as soon as it's downloaded onto their site. It's in their TOA (that nobody ever bothers to read).
Now Facebook, on the other hand, has a legitimate case.
Very true. Rather have cheesy any day over most of the garbage. With the exception of Fun, Imagine Dragons and the Lumineers. Those guys actually have talent and not twit style lyrics.
I think you've got a point there. I'm not on Facebook (and probably never will be), but I took a look at their Terms of service.
2.4 "When you publish content or information using the Public setting, it means that you are allowing everyone, including people off of Facebook, to access and use that information, and to associate it with you (i.e., your name and profile picture)."
Evidently the school is in the clear. Even so, the school showed an appalling lack of judgment. Why cause anyone, let alone one of your own students, such unnecessary humiliation?
Agree. $1 million should make the point.
I think he needs a specific (not general) signed model release from her before he can do that.
Her $2M swimsuit has served me well.
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