Selling Other People's Pics

[RW]

hahahahaha



I went through the Contemporary Art exhibition in the National Art Gallery in Ottawa.  I was amazed at what passed for art.

[easter bunny]

Someone should have gone to prison for that.    acc_angry

[Annie]

There's a market for pretty much a picture of anything....hhmmm I could make some money.....lol

[Renee]

What is considered art is highly subjective. A spilled bucket of paint on the garage floor could be considered art to some and just a freaking mess to others.



Art for the most part is bullshit. It's appeal and valdity is almost totally dependent on the the perception of those completely unattached and uninvolved with it's creation.

[RW]

I agree Renee but I like to see some talent involved.  



Does anyone remember James Franco and his imaginary art?

[Bricktop]

Dealing with copyright cases is not that difficult.



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If the TOS specifically state that the forum owns your posts then I'm pretty sure they can do whatever they want.  I think it would override copyright claims. You'd still be the author though, but they could reproduce them and sell them if they wanted to. That's how memebee works.

http://memebee.com/vancouver/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3">All posts are property of memeBee.

A forum only owns the images if the owner has surrendered copyright. The forum can say all they want. That doesn't mean its lawful or correct. Memebee does NOT own my images. I do.

[Annie]

Don't sites like faceplant own your pics once you post on it?

[Bricktop]

Don't sites like faceplant own your pics once you post on it?

No.



No-one owns your pic until you expressly advise them they do. They may assume you give them permission to display, which is common. That is NOT ownership.

[RW]

This is true.

[easter bunny]

A forum only owns the images if the owner has surrendered copyright. The forum can say all they want. That doesn't mean its lawful or correct. Memebee does NOT own my images. I do.

All posts are property of memeBee.

I'm not a copyright lawyer but I would interpret that as being an unlimited royalty-free license to reproduce text and images. By posting it you would effectively be agreeing to share ownership.

[Bricktop]

I'd be happy to take THAT on in court.

[easter bunny]

You may be right. I've never really given it much thought since everything I post on a forum is intended for the public domain to begin with. If I wanted to retain exclusive rights to something I would put it on a site of my own. I've always assumed that once it's on someone else's site you've basically lost control of it unless you have the resources to hunt down every hard drive that holds it.

[keeper]

The guys a scum bag

[RW]

A forum only owns the images if the owner has surrendered copyright. The forum can say all they want. That doesn't mean its lawful or correct. Memebee does NOT own my images. I do.

All posts are property of memeBee.

I'm not a copyright lawyer but I would interpret that as being an unlimited royalty-free license to reproduce text and images. By posting it you would effectively be agreeing to share ownership.

The creator of the image retains copyright.  We are using words like share.  The actual verb is "publish".  Another site re-publishes the original image.

[easter bunny]

A forum only owns the images if the owner has surrendered copyright. The forum can say all they want. That doesn't mean its lawful or correct. Memebee does NOT own my images. I do.

All posts are property of memeBee.

I'm not a copyright lawyer but I would interpret that as being an unlimited royalty-free license to reproduce text and images. By posting it you would effectively be agreeing to share ownership.

The creator of the image retains copyright.  We are using words like share.  The actual verb is "publish".  Another site re-publishes the original image.

Unless the author signs away the rights then I would agree that ownership is retained, but isn't the act of posting it on a forum the same thing as granting an exclusive license to republish?