Originally posted by PointBlue:
As a photographer myself, by right if a picture is under
the Creative Commons license, which I believe this isn't, then it
must be credited when it is replicated or transferred onto another
site, ie. hotlinked.
Legally, allentyb is at a disadvantage.
Morally, however, hotlinking the original image has no nefarious
purpose per se. If it had been used commercially or had the
original owner of the image misrepresented, then allentyb is liable
for a lawsuit. Yet, in this forum, helping the TS to display the
picture under the very same topic is, in some way, accrediting the
photograph to the TS's name. Furthermore, allentyb was just lending
a hand to a fellow forumer in line with the apropos of this
forum.
However, the TS does not have his own right to demand a retraction
of the image from this topic, since under viewbug's own terms and
conditions, hosting a picture on their servers gives viewbug the
right to distribute since the contents are now licensed and
trademarked to viewbug's own policies. Therefore, while TS is still
the owner of the photo, he cannot control where his images end
up.
[b]In other words, allentyb is legally incorrect, but there's
nothing TS can do about it. Only the parent site, viewbug is liable
to make claims against allentyb.
I'd like to remind all photographers to be wary of your copyrights
when you upload an image to online services.[/b]
Thanks... this is all I want actually..for someone to be morally
right against their action on my pictures...even though they dont
really have to do it..but its moral..
