Copywrongs Wrote:
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> Posting a photo on the Internet does not make you
> that photo's owner.
>
> The photographer who originally created it is the
> person who owns the Copyrights to it. (The
> photographer could have signed away some or all of
> the rights to the picture, but without such a
> written contract, mere possession of a photo goes
> not give you the right to do things like post it
> on the Internet. Even if you hired he
> photographer, and it's a picture of yourself, you
> don't own the rights to the photo.)
>
> Posting a photo on the Internet requires
> permission of the copyright owner.
>
> Posting a photo on the Internet does not magically
> make the copyrights disappear, or give anyone else
> a license to re-post the photo.
>
> There are both civil and criminal penalties for
> doing that.
>
> The copyright owner can contact the owner of
> Fairfax Underground and demand the removal of the
> photo. They can also require the web site owner
> to expose who you are, so that you can be properly
> sued and/or charged.
>
> Here's an article that explains some of these
> things that may be of interest.
>
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2012/03/06/copyri
> ght-and-the-old-family-photo/
Sounds like we have a 1st year law school student with nothing to do.
Get out of the basement, and go cut your mother's grass. When you are done, she will make you a nice lunch.