is it legal for other sites, without a person's permission to take their myspace or facebook pictures and post it on another site or elsewhere?
i've heard of cases where celebrities have sued others who have taken their head and put naked bodies on them on various sites.
there is this one site. http://myspaceprofiles.org/profiles/
and it took all of the info off of people's myspace's and posted it on there site.
however at the bottom of the site it says it is not part of myspace.
you can't cancel your account on myspaceprofiles.org.
so the question is, if you haven't asked for it, even if it is public information, you aren't allowed to steal it. this has to be unethical or against the law or something.
please let me know!!!
2007-11-29 04:49:13 · 3 answers · asked by crystal spring 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
yeah but there has to be a way to change it. i don't think so. people steal people's identities online and people fight that. in america you can always fight an injustice you feel.
2007-11-29 05:01:01 · update #1
Wow that's pretty nasty stuff there!
But I think that once you put your stuff out there on the internet for the world to see, you kind of lose the right.
I dont agree with it.
2007-11-29 04:58:22 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Posting your myspace *information* on another site is perfectly legal. Posting your *pictures* is a violation of your copyright in those pictures.
If you are the copyright holder (almost always that's the photographer) of a picture that someone else has posted without your permission, you contact the site owner and file a complaint under the DMRA, and they must take it down.
Note that you don't need to have done anything for a picture to be copyright. ALL photographs are the copyright property of the photographer as soon as they are taken, unless he has a contract giving someone else the copyright.
Richard
2007-11-29 05:06:15 · answer #2 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no its not legal ... and my friend actually sued on of the websites cant remember the name.. but the website was banned for 2 weeks i think!
hey can u email me on lovely_girl_2310ca@hotmail.com
cuz i saw ur post about ur veggie diet and would like to ask u few ques!? thanks! =)
p.s i tried to private masg u but it wasnt allowed!
thanks luv
Engy <3
2007-11-29 06:14:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋