Family Photos
Here's yet another reason to avoid posting your family photos to a very public Internet site.
A family from Missouri found themselves unwittingly selling wine and cheese as models in a European grocery store's advertising display.
You might think this is an odd, isolated event, but I'll bet it's not. Just remember, every time you post a photo to your blog or web site it becomes available to the entire world to use as they please.
I've had a number of people ask permission to use my pictures on their sites, in class presentations, and even in a local ski area's brochure. I've also found my photos in places I didn't know about.
So, be careful out there. You never know who might be looking, or borrowing, or stealing.
A family from Missouri found themselves unwittingly selling wine and cheese as models in a European grocery store's advertising display.
You might think this is an odd, isolated event, but I'll bet it's not. Just remember, every time you post a photo to your blog or web site it becomes available to the entire world to use as they please.
I've had a number of people ask permission to use my pictures on their sites, in class presentations, and even in a local ski area's brochure. I've also found my photos in places I didn't know about.
So, be careful out there. You never know who might be looking, or borrowing, or stealing.
Permalink posted by Idaho Dad at 7:53 AM
3 Comments:
i know i know. i think about this all the time.
i guess i'm just waiting til i get burned.
but i would be okay with selling european wine and cheese.
just not veal or anything.
I'm kind of bummed. No one likes my photos enough to steal. ;-)
If the photos do get used, I'll send them a bill and update my resume to read: "Internationally published photographer."
I don't think that would actually bother me all that much. I'm not so sure I understand what all the fuss is about.
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