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Evening all,

Just noticed that local paper seem to have just taken pic which had shared on Twitter and put into article on website with no asking!

What would people do??
 
Give them a call or email them and advise them that there is a problem. They've used a picture without your consent (they could've contacted you via twitter) and you
would like it to be removed or paid for at YOUR current rates.
 
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Have they downloaded the image to their server or just hot linked to the image (or embedded the tweet on their page)?

If it's the latter then what they've done is perfectly legal and there's nothing you can do about it (apart from deleting the tweet*). If it's the former , then it's infringement.






*Even then I'm not 100% certain that the image is removed from Twitter's servers.
 
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The info on there is massively out of date. It was written in 2008 IIRC.
 
Local paper does that with people's Flickr feeds. They don't even attribute the image but it clicks through to Flickr.

It gives the impression that they have created the content. It feels like it ought to be infringement as if only downloading was infringement it gives anyone carte Blanche to use any image from anywhere if they just embed it.
 
srichards said:
Local paper does that with people's Flickr feeds. They don't even attribute the image but it clicks through to Flickr.

It gives the impression that they have created the content. It feels like it ought to be infringement as if only downloading was infringement it gives anyone carte Blanche to use any image from anywhere if they just embed it.
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I'd change the linked photo to something more suitable. :mooning:
 
srichards said:
It feels like it ought to be infringement as if only downloading was infringement it gives anyone carte Blanche to use any image from anywhere if they just embed it.
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Everyone does have carte-blanche to embed/hotlink an image hosted on the internet thanks to last year's ruling by the ECtJ provided that the content is:

a) within the legal jurisdiction of the Court (ie inside the EU)
and
b) that it isn't protected behind a paywall.
 
Orange Elephant said:
The top of the page states 2011, however it's always a good idea to consult proper legal advice. An initial consultation needn't cost much.
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The top of the page states that it was uploaded in 2011 (when the site was redesigned). The core of the copyright information was written in 2008 (or thereabouts).
 
Thanks all for the advice.

They'd just taken it off Twitter and hadn't linked it.
 
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