Comments on: Are Facebook Photo Websites Legal?

By: gargouri2001

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By: jane

jane — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:49:28 +0000

Just because the photo exists doesn’t mean these girls even know it is on the internet. I think we have all been surprised by a photo being posted of us without consent.

If someone doesn’t ask for it to be taken down it isn’t the same as permission.

By: jane

jane — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:49:28 +0000

All it takes is someone thinking that pointing a camera at you is asking for your permission to share it. Many of these girls may not even know their photos are up never mind being used by another site.

Just because the photo exists doesn't mean these girls even know it is on the internet. I think we have all been surprised by a photo being posted of us without consent.

If someone doesn't ask for it to be taken down it isn't the same as permission.

By: Christovir

Christovir — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:59:26 +0000

While the site does have a slight yuckiness to it, I don’t think there have been any privacy violations, certainly not legal ones. All of these pictures were publicly posted to facebook on open networks. You can set profiles/pictures to private to make them unavailable, but these were made public. Privacy cannot be expected in an explicitly public environment.

*However* there are most certainly copyright violations, and the copyright holders of those pictures could take the site owner to court for copyright infringement and win a nice chunk of change.

By: Jack

Jack — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:23:05 +0000

As far as im concerned with anything on the internet if you post it its free game. i expect and sexual pictures i take of my self to be shared. the internet is not private no matter how much you think you are protected. so yeah it may be sick in point of view but what about their daddies? would he want his child doing this in the 1st place? some parents see this as blessing because they are alerted to their child’s behavior, or in some cases these girls do feel vilotated and thus stop doing it. no one is hurting these girls, they are doing it them selves and letting the world see it.

By: Christovir

Christovir — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:59:26 +0000

While the site does have a slight yuckiness to it, I don't think there have been any privacy violations, certainly not legal ones. All of these pictures were publicly posted to facebook on open networks. You can set profiles/pictures to private to make them unavailable, but these were made public. Privacy cannot be expected in an explicitly public environment.

*However* there are most certainly copyright violations, and the copyright holders of those pictures could take the site owner to court for copyright infringement and win a nice chunk of change.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:23:05 +0000

As far as im concerned with anything on the internet if you post it its free game. i expect and sexual pictures i take of my self to be shared. the internet is not private no matter how much you think you are protected. so yeah it may be sick in point of view but what about their daddies? would he want his child doing this in the 1st place? some parents see this as blessing because they are alerted to their child's behavior, or in some cases these girls do feel vilotated and thus stop doing it. no one is hurting these girls, they are doing it them selves and letting the world see it.

By: Jonathan Kleiman

Jonathan Kleiman — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 22:53:14 +0000

Nope
He acts nice and smug, but one single discontented girl could sue his pants off. The fact that he stops breaking the law when asked just reveals the slime. Not a single girl is contacts before the photos are posted, and the vast majority of the girls probably have no idea. Punitive damages are a bitch when you’re breaking laws to destroy the reputations of young ladies.

By: Jonathan Kleiman

Jonathan Kleiman — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:53:14 +0000

Nope
He acts nice and smug, but one single discontented girl could sue his pants off. The fact that he stops breaking the law when asked just reveals the slime. Not a single girl is contacts before the photos are posted, and the vast majority of the girls probably have no idea. Punitive damages are a bitch when you're breaking laws to destroy the reputations of young ladies.

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 16:00:38 +0000

Regardless of whether the photos are public or not, there is the copyright issue. I highly doubt ‘Hottest Girls on Facebook’ falls under fair use. Does he get permission from the people who own the photos?