Battou
TPF junkie!
- Joined
- May 10, 2007
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- Location
- Slapamonkey, New York
- Website
- www.photo-lucidity.com
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- Photos NOT OK to edit
I have a facebook account... and i have some decent images on there.
The thing im not getting about this whole arguement is that, ok facebook have the right to use my low rez image (on what?.. i doubt they ever will) but isn't this the same as putting your images up on any forum just as this?
People can still right click 'save as' my image and do as they please but they cannot contact me and demand a high rez version.
This is how im reading the facebook rules... if they have the right to contact me and demand a full rez image for printing use, then damn straight im taking them down, but i don't read anything that says that.
So from my point of view its like 'so what' they have a low rez copy of one of my images *shrug*. So does anyone else who liked one of my images and saved it.
If some one can find something that says they have the right to demand a 'proper' copy of the image then please do tell me as i am interested to know if this is the case.
Two problems:
The first comes down to what Enough Already said, common folk are just misreading it, this answers question as to why you are not seeing it, because you are reading it correctly. This is likely a shoddy attempted clarification error on their part. However naturally the situation grows out of proportion and those who are not versed in legal jibberish assume the worst and go from there perpetuating the ideaology and ensuing arguement that they can do whatever they want when they want.
The second lies in the fact they state that the licence is perminate and copyright holder can not revoke the licence to display whatever images the copyright holder has uploaded be they low rez or what ever. As I mentioned earlier that is wrong, this gets those who know how to read them into an uproar because it implies that even if you remove your works from the site they can continue to display them. It is in those two little words that makes it different from a forum such as this, As it is worded they are basically saying you can not delete your images once you uploaded them ever, where as on a site like this you can remove imagery at any time. It is in what is implied that the OP was correct in they are claiming rights to the copies of what is placed on their servers that the copyright holder can not revoke. Since people are removing photos enmasse from facebook, I find it safe to say this is a case poor choice of words on the part of facebooks administration staff and is not truly in effect as it is written.